December 21, 20205 yr For (enter your diety here) sake! Invest in some drive imaging software and take an image of your C:/ HDD/SSD prior to tomorrows MSFS patch. If it all goes pear-shaped. It will take you 30mins (depending on how big and stuffed your drive is) to reinstall where you were before it all went south. Regular backup saves high blood pressure and other related frustrations. I am saving a backup as I type prior to tomorrows update. I use Paragon Hard Drive Manager. Have used it for years, saved my sanity on numerous occasions.
December 21, 20205 yr How is that going to help. As soon as you run MSFS again it will detect it does not have the newest version and download again regards Denwagg Steam MSFS 2020. Process Lasso, Acronis True Image Backup. I9-11900k @ 5.1, Corsair 1000 RMx PS, Corsair H150I RGB Pro Cooling, NZXT 710i, Asus Rog Strix Z590-E MB, Asus RTX 3080 TI TUFF 12GB VRAM, Corsair 32GB 4000 DDR4 XMP 2.0, 2- NVME 1gb 970 EVO Plus's,1-2gb 970 EVO Plus, 2gb WD SSD (Offline Backup) 2-27" 1080p monitors, 32" 1440p monitor, Virpil MT-50CM2 base with Warthog Hotas joystick, 2 Cougar MFD's, TPR Rudder, Virpil MT-CM3 Throttle , Track IR, Fiber Optic Internet 500 Mbps, 1200 W UPS, HP Reverb G2
December 21, 20205 yr Strikes me as taking a hammer to a mosquito. I remove all mods from the Community folder and restore files to the base MSFS folder. Done. Never had a problem.
December 21, 20205 yr Author 9 minutes ago, Denwagg said: How is that going to help. As soon as you run MSFS again it will detect it does not have the newest version and download again regards Asobo release an update. Update goes horribly wrong. A hotfix sorts out the original issue. But you find yourself with the double click nothing happens scenairio. Would you rather suck in your image or reinstall windows?
December 21, 20205 yr Author Don’t any of you backup your drives? Or do you just whinge when your OS stops working?
December 21, 20205 yr 2 minutes ago, Tinribs said: Or do you just whinge when your OS stops working? That happened to me only once in 30 years and it was my own fault because I turned off the computer during an update installation because I lost patience. So why should I waste diskspace for something that virtually never happens?
December 21, 20205 yr I use Acronis True Image. I made a image of my entire computer after i did a complete repartition and reinstall of Windows And Flight simulator about two revisions ago. I'm covered Denwagg Steam MSFS 2020. Process Lasso, Acronis True Image Backup. I9-11900k @ 5.1, Corsair 1000 RMx PS, Corsair H150I RGB Pro Cooling, NZXT 710i, Asus Rog Strix Z590-E MB, Asus RTX 3080 TI TUFF 12GB VRAM, Corsair 32GB 4000 DDR4 XMP 2.0, 2- NVME 1gb 970 EVO Plus's,1-2gb 970 EVO Plus, 2gb WD SSD (Offline Backup) 2-27" 1080p monitors, 32" 1440p monitor, Virpil MT-50CM2 base with Warthog Hotas joystick, 2 Cougar MFD's, TPR Rudder, Virpil MT-CM3 Throttle , Track IR, Fiber Optic Internet 500 Mbps, 1200 W UPS, HP Reverb G2
December 21, 20205 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Farlis said: That happened to me only once in 30 years and it was my own fault because I turned off the computer during an update installation because I lost patience. So why should I waste diskspace for something that virtually never happens? You must be one of the chosen few whereby a Windows or Software update has broken something.
December 21, 20205 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Denwagg said: I use Acronis True Image. I made a image of my entire computer after i did a complete repartition and reinstall of Windows And Flight simulator about two revisions ago. I'm covered I just knew you backed up Denwagg!
December 21, 20205 yr Author 24 minutes ago, Denwagg said: How is that going to help. As soon as you run MSFS again it will detect it does not have the newest version and download again regards Now, then. MSFS patches have not gone entirely smoothly for a fair few people. Once again, I go back to the MSFS patch not quite going to plan. MSFS stops working / won't start type of thing. If the above happens, and Asobo then release a working patch. One can load in their last backup, and wait for the update to release (don't start MSFS until everyone reports things are good). 30 mins as opposed to maybe having to download the entire kit and cabudle again.# I just thought backing up you drive was a sensible thing to do? Guess I was wrong, so very wrong. Therefore, I will stand facing the wall until the bell goes.
December 21, 20205 yr 42 minutes ago, Tinribs said: For (enter your diety here) sake! Invest in some drive imaging software and take an image of your C:/ HDD/SSD prior to tomorrows MSFS patch. If it all goes pear-shaped. It will take you 30mins (depending on how big and stuffed your drive is) to reinstall where you were before it all went south. Regular backup saves high blood pressure and other related frustrations. I am saving a backup as I type prior to tomorrows update. I use Paragon Hard Drive Manager. Have used it for years, saved my sanity on numerous occasions. Yes, you can make an image of drive before update will come, but if you use this image after update release, in first MSFS start you get update again and MSFS will not start, until you install the update. Updates are mandatory, not choice 😉
December 21, 20205 yr Author 8 minutes ago, ludekbrno said: Yes, you can make an image of drive before update will come, but if you use this image after update release, in first MSFS start you get update again and MSFS will not start, until you install the update. Updates are mandatory, not choice 😉 Come on lads. Get a grip. You can "postpone" windows updates up to a certain time.
December 21, 20205 yr Author But don't start MSFS if you know there is an issue, therefore it won't update.
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