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Sep 24^th, 2008 at 9:17am

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I'm having dreaful problems with Vista 64bit & FS9. I want to go back to XP. I put the disc in but the computer won't let me do it. I'd appreciate some tips!
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TerryW.

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Reply #1 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 4:10pm

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Hi, Your best bet is to Format the Hard drive.

Try booting from the XP disc and choosing delete partition when asked, or try as if you are reinstalling Vista, which gives an option to format hard drive, then cancel the installation and install using xp disc.

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Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 6:28pm

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Thanks for that. I'm grateful to you. I'm going to try an FS9 reinstall tomorrow & cross my fingers but if that fails I'm back to XP!

When the c**p hits the fan, get a tent.
It's never too late for a happy childhood....

1) Intel I7 980X Extreme CPU Professionally overclocked to 4.2Ghz
Gigabyte X58 UD7 Motherboard (USB 2 & 3)
12GB Corsair Vengeance (3 x 4Gb) Tri Channel DDR 3 1600Mhz
OCZ Bigfoot 2E 120 Gb SSD HDD (OS and applications)
2 x 1.5TB HDD’s Samsung Spin point F1 (RAID 1) Drives (Data inc maps, photos music etc.)
LG Blu-Ray RW Drive
Samsung DVDRW Drive
Asus GTX 590 Graphics Card, Dual GPU
Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Tower Case
Corsair 1000w Modular True Power, Power Supply
Corsair H70 Water-cooled sealed CPU Cooler
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit & I use a 24" Dell U2412M monitor.
2) AWD-IT GPC36 E8600 Overclocked Intel E8600 Core 2 Duo @ 4.0Ghz 6MB Cache 1333FSB CPU / Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 Crossfire DDR2 Motherboard / ATI 4870 512Mb / OCZ 4GB DDR2 PC8500 1066Mhz Memory / 500Gb SATA Hard Drive / 22x DVD-RW/Vista 64bi & 20" Dell widescreen.

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Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2008 at 6:39pm

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I have never tried installing FS9 onto Vista, but if it gives you a headache i would probably go back to XP, which will run FS9 better anyway.

I think most people upgrade to Vista with FSX to have the DX10 blings, which has its share of problems.

Good luck with the reinstall, Remember to back up all your personal data if your going to wipe your HD Wink

Rik

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