Just curious about Win 10 install.  Did you do a clean install of OS or did you install over top of Win 7 or 8? 

 

I have my FSX on a separate SSD but I'm assuming we need to do a fresh install of FSX and addons.   Dreading that.....

 

 

 

 

You don't HAVE to clean install.

 

As a matter of fact, you MUST upgrade to get W10 registered to your W7/8.1 key first before you can clean install.

I did an update install and did not have to re-install a single thing but video drivers.

 

I rolled back to Win 7 and did not have to re-install a single thing but video drivers.

But wouldn't clean install be better in terms of performance? 

 

What do you think about this video? 

But wouldn't clean install be better in terms of performance? 

 

 

A completely clean install is almost always the best solution to be sure there are no remnants from the prior installation.  It is the completely "pure" path and will give the best performance.  But, considering how mature and complex some people's sim installations are, I can fully understand taking the upgrade path.

If this helps...a little light at the end of the tunnel concerning updates:

 

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-tweak-windows-10-and-fix-its-minor-annoyances-1720989970

 

-Jim

I did an update install and did not have to re-install a single thing but video drivers.

 

I rolled back to Win 7 and did not have to re-install a single thing but video drivers.

 

so jim, why did you roll back to Win 7?    just curious

 

Thanks for the advice.  Well I plan to move from FSX boxed to FSX SE so a reinstall is in my future anyway. 

Things did not seem to work well on day 1 so I rolled back.

 

I re did things on day 2, worked a bit slower this time and now everything works and looks great. I have removed the roll back files so it is now Win 10 for me.

I have removed the roll back files so it is now Win 10 for me.

 

 

Jim, do you mean the:

 

"$Windows.~BT"  and "$Windows.~WS"  hidden folders on your system folder ?

 

BTW: I used the ( very handy )  free version of "Speccy" to determine my new windows 10 Pro key, to be used in any future clean install...

Yes, those folders no longer are on my system. I did not manually delete them, but I let Win 10 clean them up for me.

Yes, those folders no longer are on my system. I did not manually delete them, but I let Win 10 clean them up for me.

 

Ah! Ok, using the Windows Disk Cleanup and it's "system files" option, right ?

Yes.

Win 10 was just about as I expected. I tried to upgrade from Win 8.1 twice and it got all the way through to the end of the installation and then it just rolled back to Win 8.1. I won't  try it anymore until I'm forced to build a new system and use it.

Jay - There's a consistent problem for folks upgrading to Windows 10 who have Orbx products installed.  There's an unused "TODO" file in one of the Orbx sub-directories that causes a data migration error during the upgrade.  Here's a link to the post here at Avsim where @DylanM explains what he discovered.  Very simple fix and the Windows 10 upgrades are restored.  I have no idea if that was your error, but thought I would post.

Nope, my error had a totally different error code. I've given up on Win 10 for now. I've never had a problem before when installing either a new or upgraded OS. This is nature's way of warning me not to upgrade. Besides everything online says there is zero advantage to upgrading to Win 10. When p3d 3.0 comes out and takes advantage of DX12, I might do a clean install of Win 10