Wich folders and files to back up

[mosteen 111]

Gentlemen, I am tightening my backup-regime further and need some advice. What files and directories are necessary to back up with respect to sucsessfully restoring an FSX-installation gone bad?

 

Thanks,

[pete_auau 1,159]

Unless you know  where  all the  registy files  go with the fsx installation it will make it  hard  to do, my only  advice is  to use  a program which I use acronis true image, there are others of course,  this backs up my whole   drive to an external drive so if some thing happens  just a matter of re installing  again

[ohsirus 241]

Don't really see an easy way to backup FSX once you've started installing addons as most developers use all kinds of tricks to prevent piracy. I have a FSX dedicated machine that I just imaged the entire harddrive once I had it stable and everything installed.

[Manny 1,293]

Yes..taking an image of the boot drive c: drive (where your OS is and the drive of your FSX is, is the best way.

 

Do it after a most of your addons are in and its stable and good.

[PIC007 82]

The definitive guide to FSX backups....

 

http://forums1.avsim.net/topic/291959-do-you-have-fsx-insurance/

[Steve Cannell 4]

Continuous Mirror Image Backup !!!

 

Absolutely without a doubt the best decision I ever made related to Flightsim.

 

Currently I'm backing up to a USB 3.0 - 2 TB External drive.( I hope to make that a 3TB )

This gives me many snapshots of my C Drive containing Windows 8 and installed FSX, etc...

 

Just the other day I experienced an issue with FSX, much the same as many other times in the past.

 

Whatever the reason for a start over, I can roll back to yesterday, or pick another.

Saving me weeks of misery getting Flightsim back to that sweet spot I had worked so hard to achieve.

Now I can have it all restored 100%

Wow, used it twice already !!

 

 

I'm using Carbonite for unlimited online backup and for mirror image backup.

May be other good options out there as well.

 

 

Cheers

 

 

 

 

[mosteen 111]

Thanks guys, great info. I have Acronis and a 2T MyBook USB 3.0 HDD so I am going the image road.

[GodAtum 69]

I use the built in Win 7 backup since its free.

[mgh 89]

I use the built in Win 7 backup since its free.

 

But not very reliable

[pete_auau 1,159]

I use the built in Win 7 backup since its free.

You probably  find it only copies folders   but not  the actual  registry  files  etc  that you need  for  a  complete reinstall of programs. 

[GodAtum 69]

You probably  find it only copies folders   but not  the actual  registry  files  etc  that you need  for  a  complete reinstall of programs. 

 

Does Acronis do that?

[pete_auau 1,159]

Yes it  does it mirrors your hard drive , plus you can make  up a boot copy of your hard drive  just in case,  other programs  can probably  do the  same but iam happy with it

[mosteen 111]

Excuse me gentlemen, to pull this thread back from oblivion, but I have an additional question regarding this.

 

Backdrop: I have now initiated frequent image-backups with Acronis to a 3tb external HDD USB 3.0 wich I run almost everyday, and I always run an incremental imagebackup before installing something new. I also have collected all my installers, serials and proofs of purchase in a separate folder, included in the image backup, and also put on the external HDD outside the image backup. I have also made a bootable media on DVD.

 

So, I should be well covered for a diskcrash or a change to SSD when I feel like it.

 

My question is: wich files are good to backup instantly when doing some installing? I know about fsx.cfg, scenery.cfg and dll.xml. Are there other files I should include in a rapid filebackup in case I need a short revert?

 

Thanks guys,

[cptawsom 19]

 

 

about fsx.cfg, scenery.cfg and dll.xml

 

Plus exe.xml, terrain.cfg.

[mosteen 111]

Thanks cptawsom, appreciate it mate