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Thanks guys ... I am running FS Force, so I'll try shutting it down and see if that helps. The BIOS is current, but the video drivers may have a newer version ... I'll update.

I purchased a new computer a few months back. I'm running Win 7 on a i7 system. I reinstalled FS9 and I now experience intermittent system freezes on final approach. It happens about 25-30% of the flights, at different airports using different aircraft. The screen freezes, sound continues, but the is no control response at all. I'm not sure how to trouble shoot the problem. I've thought about uninstalling the software and starting the install over again, but I hate to do that work if it doesn't fix the problem, or if there is a simple change I might try first.I have turned off hyper-threading. I have plenty of RAM and video memory available. I have the current video drivers at the time of the purchase (Jan 2011) and have not updated since. There have been no other odd freeze problems on the system, FSX runs okay with no freezing issues at all. I just prefer FS9 for certain flights and because of owned add-ons. I use both versions.Can anyone suggest other possible solutions I might try? I'll consider any solution prior to performing a complete reinstall, which may not fix the problem anyway. I'm open to all suggestions.Thanks ...

Thanks for the reply. I'm doing the same as you suggested now. I thought there might be a short cut.One challenge is moving the aircraft over ... so many have custom sounds, gauges, effects, etc., I'm having trouble finding everything. I wish everything was in the aircraft folder, but it isn't.

No replies on this topic? I thought there would be some good ideas for software helps on this one.Any ideas at all would help ... Rob

About a month ago, I suffered a Windows (XP) failure and required a reinstall of Windows. I have a current backup on an external drive, so I don't think I lost much data. But it is really slow as I need to reinstall all the software utilities, like Ultimate Traffic, Ultimate Terrain, all the scenery, etc. I tried to short cut copying some aircraft, but that has cause some problems. Some aircraft I copied over are dumping FS9, so I'm not getting all the files. I'm looking for a way to move the aircraft from the external drive, as some of the aircraft I had are no longer available, such as the FFS Saab 340 or the AOPA C112.So here's the question ... I'm looking for software to help me install aircraft by looking at an installed aircraft an identifying what files are missing. Then I can go get them from the external drive and move them over. Payware or freeware would be fine. Any ideas?I'm also looking for a good software package the helps install and manage scenery files, for both FS9 and FSX. Any recommendations?I know there are some cool utilities to help make all the computer tasks easier. While I have manually installed aircraft and scenery for years, I'd like to try using a tool to help, especially now that I have dozens of scenery packages that need to be installed.Thanks in advance for your ideas and opinions!Rob