How To: FSX Backups?

[Teddy 1]

 

 

after an upgrade, just run the backup again.

 

You mean "run the restore"?

 

Ted

[pete_auau 1,152]

no  the back up option  so it backs up  your hard  drive to your new settings  etc, (  read the help info with in the program that comes  with it explains it all on how its used) 

[ryanbatc 12,770]

Thanks all, more than happy to pay for Acronis if it's as good as you say!

 

 

What's the problem with Orbx stuff? I use a lot of their stuff so would need this to be covered by the backup process also.

It's just a lot... And there's lots of patches for their areas and airports, and Orbx libraries.... Just time consuming. Sheesh one airport I have of their's was three 1GB files!

[CodyDog 0]

I didn't see this asked above, but does it back up the registry?

[ZoomAir 1]

I am using O&O for this and its saved my FSX many many times.

 

Just get your knowledge of the tool to a state where you can backup FSX and OS drives in few mouse clicks.

do it regurlaly or before installing new software or windows update.

 

sometimes kick this off was doing dispatch stuff in PFPX, by the time I need to launch FSX OS and FSX drives are backed up.

 

You will need a huge drive to store backups so you don't need to worry about having to delete old files for along time. I use 2T drive for this, but need like 6T for comfort.

 

Ill say don't  do FSX without O&O or accronis, used to use acccronis way back, but switched to O&O cause boot USB, and backup restore process is a lot easier to understand and snappy.

 

I have about 5 drives in all for various stuff, but only FSX and OS drives are changing not scenery etc which only need 1 static backup.

 

Also very much worth enabling windows backup restore for each of your drives even if you using  backup software, its worth keeping the windows one too and give it good amount

of disk size for backup. Sometimes its easier to restorer things rom windows.

 

Also very very importantly it was SSD failing, that realy realy got me to go big on backup software for FSX, and O&O been saving ever since.

 

DONT DO FSX ON SSD WITHOUT USING BACKUP SOFTWARE ATLEAST ONCE BETWEEN FLIGHTS

 

SSDs crashed on me twice,  backup software saved the day last time. And O&O also seems more friendly to changes

to hardware between backup and restore of an image.

 

To be fair aint used acronis in few years so it might have improved in ease of use, but sticking with O&O for now.

 

if you go O&O watch out when the program says there is a software update cause clicking the install  months to a year after you made your purchase could

result in update being installed, but your license not being valid to use that update, so you have to go buy new version.

 

Really ###### me off when it happened, and seen lots compaling about it on his forum along with more detailed stuff on the update process

explaining which is which, but since this hit me once about year ago, I have never been brave enough to hit O&O update button again for

either its defrag or backup software I use.

[pete_auau 1,152]

I didn't see this asked above, but does it back up the registry?

 

It back up everything  that what is on your  hard  drive

[CodyDog 0]

Thanks Pete, I looked at their website and I think I will give it a try. Price seems very reasonable too.  However, I think I will go with the deluxe version should the back up need to be installed on a new system due to a hardware failure.

[CodyDog 0]

Will this work even if I upgrade the pc (change the mobo, processor etc) or is it just good for the restore on the same one?

I was told by the company that you need the deluxe version to do a re-install on a new bare metal system from your backup.

[sluggy 3]

If you have an old PC lying around, Windows Home Server 2011 ($60 last time I looked) will automatically do a full backup of your PCs every night. I wouldn't be without it.

 

Cheers, SLuggy