Hootman9104 Posted Sunday at 04:22 AM Posted Sunday at 04:22 AM Just a reminder, to maybe remind others to avoid my sweat-fest. Earlier I logged in, and was a bit surprised to find myself at the DCS Launcher, as I usually head right on in. Come to find out, DCS (or my computer) for some reason or another was creating a NEW Saved Games folder with only the DCS folder in there, as if it were a new installation....oh man.... So I had to use my brain, and before doing anything copied both the "old" Saved Games folder and this "new" saved games folder to another drive, and then recopied everything from the "old" directory (including replacing the "new" DCS folder, overwriting all the "new" stuff), and with bated breath launched again. Luckily, it worked, seems I'm back to normal. Bit of a scare there though, and I don't know what caused it. I don't know how many times I have to go through this in my life, but it always seem I slack off on making backups. It just so happened I picked up a 20TB external drive today to ensure that I have enough space to back up my entire PC, and also room to backup folders like the Saved Games folder. So things like this have been on my mind. Bottom line, if you aren't backing things up on a regular basis, make sure and at the very least every now and again back up the entire DCS and DCS server directories in the Saved Games folder. Over my 30 plus years of gaming, I would bet that DCS is the one game that holds the honor of being the game/sim that I have spent the MOST time setting up / creating, mainly the controls settings. 1
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