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I had to format my HD so i install fs9 again, i put my PAII traffic,  my sky env. and my favorite scenery's i also but my usual planes ifdg airbus and posky 737.The thing is this airplane which are the ones i always install this time they are at the aircraft dir. but they dont show on fs9 aircraft menu.So what happend .
Many thanks

Which planes do not show exactly?

The ones i've installed the ifdg airbus and the posky 737.And i've used those for a long time and they've always worked.
Thank you

Let me understand. Before formatting you saved them directly from the aircraft folder and then you moved them again in the aircraft folder of the newly installed FS9, or did you download them again from the internet and reinstalled them anew?

Could you be more precise in what did you do? Help me help you.

OK, im sorry. I had to format my pc, so i had to install fs9 again.On my slave hard drive (which is bigger) i've isnstalled fs9. I always keep my add on planes, scenery's and textures on folders on the second hard drive (instead of puting them on cd where you can loose data). So i've installed fs9, i installed my textures, my traffic everything, then i've installed my add on planes (IFDG airbus,Posky737( which are in a folder already with the sounds and gauges and effects),i've installed the gauges, effects like i always do)but after i copy them to the aircraft directory i went to fs9 to choose one of them to fly and there isn't any ifdg plane there or posky plane.And i've already install other airplanes and they work fine.So this is my problem i dont know what happend to the planes that i've used so many times and now they dont work.
Many thanks

Check the panel & sound CFGs of the unlisted aircraft  to see if they're aliased to aircraft you don't have installed.

Thats it!!! For some reason the cfg is gone thats why.I wonder why??
Many thanks,Cheers

For some reason the cfg is gone thats why.I wonder why??

Have you done a System Restore at any time? I seem to recall that this sometimes deletes CFG files.

PS. It might not actually delete them but back them up by renaming the .cfg file extension.

If you use system restore and have installed anything since the date you went back to what will happen is any files that you put on after the restore to date will be renamed but not deleted it will put a number after the file name or type I not sure which now but the file is still on the drive but un useable in its present format.
Be carefull if you rename the file back to what it should be as it could cause problems the best bet is to re install the aircraft.

Thank you very much i didnt make a restore i've just formated and all the cfg from planes panel and sound are gone, but i've got the original so i will do it again.
Many thanks.Great help
Cheers