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[Ben R]

i had to delete all my FS2004 folder due to a corrupt file which i couldnt locate so FS2004 wouldnt start..hundreds of planes gone and HUNDREDS of AI airlines gone..

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[a1]

That must suck.

[Ben R]

believe me..im gutted..but i am downloading the AI now, but im ****ing mad! lol =(

[BFMF]

That sucks, but that's why you back up copies of your favorite addons

[garymbuska]

The best thing to do here is to grin and bear it. Granted it is not easy. Once you have restored everything the best practice is to back up on a second drive or a removeable drive. It wont do you any good to have back ups on your main drive then loose your main drive. It will put you right where you are now. I had a simalar problem my windows system got all messed up and had to reinstall everything. The only good thing about it was I had a second hard drive and all I had to do was to swap them and once I reinstalled FS I just coppied over everything else. 8-)

[Kaworu]

It happens [smiley=undecided.gif]

Sorry about that  :-X

[Groundbound1]

i had to delete all my FS2004 folder due to a corrupt file which i couldnt locate so FS2004 wouldnt start..hundreds of planes gone and HUNDREDS of AI airlines gone..

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I know how upsetting that can be, but for future reference, if a file in fs9 becomes corrupted, simply uninstall then reinstall. that way you won't lose your add-ons. (The fs9 uninstall will only remove the standard fs9 files and folders, leaving add-ons untouched)

[Ashar]

I know that feeling...I had spent weeks making my traffic as real as possible...My sim was top notch with at $1000 worth of Payware when my HDD crashed...Everything went down the drain...I think I'll install FS9 soon enough though...or even FSX if my PC permits...

[Arnimon]

I know that feeling...I had spent weeks making my traffic as real as possible...My sim was top notch with at $1000 worth of Payware when my HDD crashed...Everything went down the drain...

After reading these lines i am certain,i

[JBaymore]

I have all the payware and many of the freware items backed up on an external usb hard drive.  CHEAP insurance these days.  The drive cost me about $50....plug and play.  

What's you TIME worth?  Makes that fifty bucks seem like a good investment.

It is the only thing it is used for...... backups.

best,

......................john

[BFMF]

I know that feeling...I had spent weeks making my traffic as real as possible...My sim was top notch with at $1000 worth of Payware when my HDD crashed...Everything went down the drain...I think I'll install FS9 soon enough though...or even FSX if my PC permits...

A $1,000 worth of Payware, and you didn't think to back any of it up?

[Stubbedtoe18]

deedeedee

[Sovien]

Oh my God, that's aweful. I don't have any AI airlines, or really very many downloaded aircraft. I havent really installed more then 3 or 4 aircraft....I can only imagine how frustrated I'd be in your position though.

If it was possible to play "Taps" on the forums, I'd play them for you now though.

[JBaymore]

deedeedee

From the mind of...........  ;)

[Ashar]

I know that feeling...I had spent weeks making my traffic as real as possible...My sim was top notch with at $1000 worth of Payware when my HDD crashed...Everything went down the drain...I think I'll install FS9 soon enough though...or even FSX if my PC permits...

A $1,000 worth of Payware, and you didn't think to back any of it up?

Well, the thing is, the I didn't have enough room on my internal drive for back-ups...Hence, most of my data from my internal drive was backed-up on the external which coincidentally crashed...The sole reason I got a bigger external HDD was to install games and other things...including FS9 and FSX...Ah well...Such is life...