Help!

[Tom Clayton]

When I refer to a shell, I'm talking about an enclosure that includes the connectors inside to hook up a hard drive. You can purchase ready to run USB compatible external hard drives, but they cost more than they're worth. If you already have a spare hard drive laying on a shelf, you just buy the USB "shell" and install your own drive. At most, it's just a matter if removing a couple of screws, inserting the drive, hooking up the connectors, then putting it back together. Most have their own power cord, so you just plug in the power, flip a power switch, then connect the USB cable. Your PC should treat it the same way it treats a flash memory drive.

If you have a spare drive on the shelf, you just need to know if it's ATA/IDE or SATA - the connections are different so you need to buy the appropriate enclosure. Newegg has a few dozen to choose from.

 

[hurricane3]

now I understand(I think)

I understand what a shell is now but why is an external hard drive a waste ?Is it cause its only use is for backup,?I thought that was the whole point. ( no I'am never gonna shut up now I'am retired)

 

[Clarke123]

I don't even know what a shell is. All this time I thought you could just transfer either the whole fs9 program file ,or the files like aircraft scenery etc,and just replace the vanilla files with these when you made a new install. When the time comes I'am gonna need a lotta help.

Install with the disks then replace the aircraft, addon scenery, effects, etc. with your files. Forget all the overly complicated stuff you don't need it by what you've said. I've got a seagate external hard drive, I backup my files by just right clicking, copying and pasting and if anything needs replacing I just do the opposite, simple.

 

[hurricane3]

ok it sounds simple

Ok you made it so at least I think I now understand. When I get the spare cash(like that gonna happen anytime soon) I'am gonna get an external drive and follow your advice. Thanks for making it so even me can understand,(I think).