I have been a long time user of the whole Fly series so this is not a new user question. Recently my hard drive decided it had had enough and decided to end its long time relationship with me so I threw it out and found me a bigger and faster hard drive. Of course this newer drive demanded a completely new install of the OS to which I reluctantly agreed and in the long run I believe it was the correct thing to do. Everything was going along swimmingly until I tried to install Fly! II. For some reason the installer crashes out on me. It looks like the first part starts up fine but as soon as I flip the install toggle switch it jumps to the desk top and does nothing. If I bring up the task manager I see the install program looks like it is running but it never does anything. If I launch the installer again I end up with multiple install processes running but still nothing happens and I end up having to

I could be wrong but it sounds like a fault on the CD Rom?Stevehttp://mysite.freeserve.com/ysomdesign/banner.jpg My Websitehttp://www.wrexhamspace.orghttp://www.cafeshops.com/wrexhamspace

Jon,You mention disabling all running programs - did you also disable MIDI sound?

Well it looks like I found the problem. It was the computer case! Well really I don

Good on you mate and happy flying, some nice new planes to fly with :-) SteveHere is my cheap plug :-lol Coming next, my first Italian Scenery, LIMW Aosta.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/72995.jpg End of cheap plug!http://mysite.freeserve.com/ysomdesign/banner.jpg My Websitehttp://www.wrexhamspace.orghttp://www.cafeshops.com/wrexhamspace