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They could simply be moved back to the MSTS folders, by cutting and pasting the TRAINS and ROUTES folders from the original storage folder. You don't need to put the drive back into the old machine.

That's what I thought, Tony !

Been a while since I put TRAINSTORE through it's paces !

Hope he reads this now ! We have spent a lot of time trying to help !

Take care, O t t o.

[Pompeyfan]

how confused am i?!? all i know is what i told you.

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how confused am i?!? all i know is what i told you.

Which did not answer my questions !

Which drive on your machine did you install MSTS from CDs into ?

Is the hard drive in the new computer better and faster than the old one, making it advisable to run MSTS on it ?

The old STORED MSTS being on the second internal hard drive is now drive D:, which Tony explained how to transfer into the newly installed one on drive C:, if that is where MSTS has been installed into. Any problems doing that ? If so Tony can help, I am sure !

Are the old computer's WINDOWS system files still on what was then it's drive C: and is now Drive D: ?

After you have succeeded to move all that is of use on the old drive over into the new one, the old drive should really be re-formatted and if large enough, partitioned into logical drive partitions first, which will make housekeeping on it easier, using it for BACK-UP of MSTS and other stuff !

MSTS Utilities such as Route Riter and Trainstore, which are on the old drive, need to be re-installed into a drive on the new disk.

O t t o

[Pompeyfan]

ok....

i installed msts onto my d:\ drive on my old pc, i moved my old c and d drives to into my new unit. we formatted the c: as the processor was different.

hope thats usefull, anymore questions? and please can you simplify what your saying because i don't get most of what your saying.


if i were to reinstall msts into the exact same plase, what would i have to re-install, would it only be the .tsection or would it be anything else?

cheers, i know i'm making things diffucllt but i can't help it..

liam

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cheers, i know i'm making things difficult but i can't help it..

No problem, Liam !

I shall try to make it as simple as I can.

So now you have your old disk/s installed in your new computer, WIN-XP having been installed on drive C: and the old "Train Simulator" folder is still on what is now drive D: ?

Are all it's folders still in it, such as FONTS\GLOBAL\GUI\ROUTES\SOUND\TEMPLATE & TRAINS, etc ?

From what you said in your last reply, MSTS has not been installed from CDs yet ?

In that case RENAME the old Train Simulator folder to MSTS and then install MSTS from the CDs into the same drive the renamed MSTS folder is now in, changing the installer's default driver letter to D:, if that's the drive where the MSTS folder is in, which will then install MSTS here: D:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator.

Next COPY the entire contents of the MSTS folder, that's all the files such as the Train.exe and Launcher.exe and all it's folders and PASTE all into the newly installed Train Simulator folder. If you are doing this right then you should be asked that "This folder already contains....., would you like to replace the existing...." !

Next test run the installed default routes to make sure all works as it should !

Now should come the answer about how to retrieve the TRAINSTORE stored stuff, but that's were I am getting out of my depth and shall have to hand you over to Tony. Not sure where to re-install TRAINSTORE so that it can then deal with the stored routes, etc. Removing the old one first or simply install TRAINSTORE into where it is now on drive D: ?

Standing by !

O t t o

[TFormoso]

Now should come the answer about how to retrieve the TRAINSTORE stored stuff

Well I think that answer has already been given.

They could simply be moved back to the MSTS folders, by cutting and pasting the TRAINS and ROUTES folders from the original storage folder. You don't need to put the drive back into the old machine.

Tony

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Hi Tony !

Slowly getting there via e-mail and preparing for the stage when Liam has MSTS re-installed and we can start thinking about un-storing from the Train Store folders, I re-installed my 3.2 version of it to refresh my memory.

Did not see your above reply until after posting this and am now aware of where it keeps it's stored data !

Testing whether stored MSTS date left behind in the Train Store folders by accident will cause problems, routes and rolling stock being stored again, resulted in none !

Re-installing TRAINSTORE into where it is still, but under a different drive letter, is also explained in it's Help !

Thanks for your help !

O t t o

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Just to let you know that what we did resulted in Liam having all his installed routes working again on his new computer !

O t t o