Goober Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hi all, just hoping to get some input on how everyone keeps track of all there add-ons. I'm obviously not talking about products that have self installers/uninstallers that stare you in the face, it's more the smaller scenery and aircraft where you manually put folders in their locations. I recently I had to do a reinstall on my PC (yes nightmare :'() and trying to find all the small bits, like smoke effects, or another plane might have a gauges folder. I found it so easy to miss something not to mention the time to find everything. Looking forward to everyone's ideas. Goober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurdy Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Goober I reckon go with JayKae's ghosting idea... Ghost your FSX install, then it is all there. I also keep all my downloaded files addons etc in a seperate partition that is backed up regularly. Cheers Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter van der Spoel Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 I use a External 500 G HD when all is working and BEFORE any New installs I make an Image of the C and E drive just in case, learnt that the hardway as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thanks Craig & Wolter for taking the time to reply, I'll certainly make sure to make a backup copy of everything before I install anything. That way, I suppose it's only one step back, as opposed to a lot. I noticed a new post just before writing this asking Jay to explain the ghosting method. I think that's done with nortons, which I don't have. I'll follow the thread with interest though. I'm still not sure if that necessarily solves everything- making that carbon copy- especially if you want to do a fresh install of FS and then build on top with your add ons. One reason is what if you don't want all the same add ons back? An example I can give is when I thought I had uninstalled everything, about one week later I reinstalled FS, with no add ons yet, started FS, & there was some scenery and a repaint on the system that had been missed when I did the uninstall, now these were visual things, so how can you be 100% sure you have got everything when you uninstall, like those little tweaks we all do. Thanks Goober Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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