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Post by andersnielsen on Feb 20, 2013 12:18:09 GMT
Hi Dave,
I use this disk configuration;
C:/ 120 GB SSD for Windows 7/64 D:/ DVD-drive E:/ 1 TB WD Black for FS9+ addons. This drive also accommodates REX Essential for FSX with its huge volume of textures. F:/ 250GB Velociraptor for FSX+ other addons. G:/ 1 TB external USB drive for storage.
BR, Anders
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Post by almguy1 on Feb 23, 2013 18:08:12 GMT
Ok Thanks Anders, Sounds like you have a mean Terrabyte crunching machine there. Mine is a HP pavilion p2 win 7 1 tb ext not loaded up with FS yet so i'm trying to get it right on what I install since its still a virgin.
Ive given up on antivirus software because eventually they themselves turn on your machine, even the free antivirus from I provider. So only use a mac for internet and transfer files to upload from USB memory drive. Bit of a hassle but not too bad. I only connect pc to internet to update the OS and program files. dave
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Post by andersnielsen on Feb 25, 2013 10:06:55 GMT
Dave, Seems like your pc is severely infected by some virus/malware. You should run Malwarebytes and Microsoft Essentials. Both are Freeware and should keep your rig clean. And stay away from suspicious sites..
BR, Anders
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Post by tokolosh on Apr 14, 2014 15:40:29 GMT
I have a question which somebody hopefully can help with. I've just had Windows 7 put on my computer, first copying my entire FS9 onto an external HD to copy stuff from and refer to for the new installation. I have now installed FS and done nothing else yet besides adding a no CD patch, but have an annoying problem which needs solving before starting the long process of building my simulator up to where it was before. When I load an aircraft I cannot change the fuel quantity -- I get a warning that I must "please enter a number between 0.0 and 100.00". From past experience this happened if I had made a typo, but now I can only start a flight with 100% fuel! Thanks a lot, Albert
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Post by andersnielsen on Apr 18, 2014 6:40:37 GMT
I had quite a few problems with the various no-cd patches available for fs9 found on the internet. So I ended up using the latest standard 9.1 found on MS's page. No problems since with Windows 7-64.
BR and happy easter holidays, Anders
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Post by tokolosh on Apr 23, 2014 16:18:59 GMT
I had quite a few problems with the various no-cd patches available for fs9 found on the internet. So I ended up using the latest standard 9.1 found on MS's page. No problems since with Windows 7-64. BR and happy easter holidays, Anders Thanks for the reply Anders. It turns out I'm having many more problems installing FS9 to work nicely under Windows 7, with or without the patch. Installing add on scenery is an issue, but this appears to be a common problem with Win 7 that you have to live with. I have read a lot of forums, etc, and applied a number of tips such as switching the UAG off, installing FS into a non default directory (ie, not Program Files(86)\Flight Simulator 9\), and a number of other things. The fuel loading issue remains troublesome, the frame rate has gone DOWN, not up (many say it is supposed to improve), and colours are terrible, especially at dusk when exhaust smoke and clouds have a pinkish hue and wing textures look like they've been done in pastel! Terrible. My hardware has not changed one iota, so that can't be it. The cursor turns black when moved over the panel, the GPS screen flikkers, and I have to reset the pan rate and axis indicator every time I start FS. The list goes on and on. If anybody has any ideas I would appreciate hearing them before I rip what's left of my hair out Have I made a mistake moving away from XP? Albert
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Apr 23, 2014 20:01:18 GMT
There's no problem (at least none I've ever seen nor heard of) associated with FS9 running in a WINDOWS 7 environment. It runs perfectly fine .... and so do all of the HJG simulations also in that same environment. What I'd, personally, have elected to do in your particular case is .... Perform a fresh install of FS9, from its discs, into the new system WINDOWS environment .... rather than transferring the entire base/host program from one PC/WINDOWS envioronment over to the next .... and which is what, I understand, you may have done. I've seen people transfer the base/host program (not per a fresh install) from one PC to the next .... even between the same WINDOWS environments on different PC's too .... and per their doing so I've almost invariably seen them then run into "problems" "PERSONALLY" .... I think a fresh install is always best .... recommended at the very least. Most add-on aircraft and sceneries (etc) can be transferred, easily, and without any issues, at all, between PC's and WINDOWS environments like i understand you to have done .... BUT AGAIN .... I wouldn't recommend transferring "the whole kitchen/lock stock'n'barrel" per the manner which you've apparently employed .... if that's in fact what you've actually gone and done. A fresh installl of the entire base/host program, from its originasl discs, and into the new WINDOWS environment .... "at least" .... is often a "Right Royal Pain In The Arse" only in terms of it possibly being a time consuming process .... but .... it's often the better/safest/most "problem free" way to go .... and then just bite the bullet and add/configure all your other stuff into the new system/wINDOWS environment accordingly. That's just "my own personal" view Mark C aKL/NZ
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Post by tokolosh on Apr 24, 2014 0:14:17 GMT
Hi Mark, thanks for your input. What I did (several times actually) was fresh install and then uninstall. I added an HJG B707 for testing purposes before committing myself to the long process of a full install up to where I was before! The problems were immediately apparant. I'm getting over some of the issues but am still far from happy, particularly with regard to adding sceneries. I suspect there is something wrong in the registry. I am making progress though and will let you know how it goes. If you are experienced and have been precise with the previous install you'd be surprised how much you can tranfer straight over, but, as you say, you should do a virgin install first! Doing otherwise is asking for problems.
Greetings, Albert
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Post by aerofoto - HJG Admin on Apr 24, 2014 0:35:25 GMT
HMMM .... "possibly" .... or somwhere else too .... because, first-hand, I've never, yet, seen any problems in regard to FS9 data being run in FS9 and within a WINDOWS 7 environment. The performance of everything .... in so far as I've so far seen .... has always been nothing less than "PERFECT". I can't, really, add any more advice .... I'm sorry Mark C AKL/NZ
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Post by walterleo on Apr 24, 2014 9:26:54 GMT
High: Since 2 years I am using FS9 (2004) on a WIN-7 64 laptop and everthing works fine, I dont have an extra HD and FS 2004 is installed by default (WINDOWS(C:)/Programme(86)/Microsoft Games/Flight Simulator 9/). BUT I recheck continually if all files of FS9 are "write enabled". You have to do that after installing new addons. As my Hardware is an i3 only I switch off other resources demanding programes by Alacrity PC.
Kind regards
Walter
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Post by Dan K. Hansen on Apr 24, 2014 12:41:18 GMT
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