Looks like an unsuccessful time for both of us Frank. Paul -----Original Message----- From: jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb_airlines-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Franklyn Fisher Sent: 03 November 2007 22:04 To: jhb_airlines@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb_airlines] FSX I have spent all afternoon, and most of the evening, on this problem. Reformatted, reinstalled FSX (each operation taking nearly an hour of my time) at least 3 times. Have just finished installing onto a unused partition on my primary drive(22:00), tested, and it is still stop/starting,with a click from the drive, the cursor stops as well. This with a default install. I am at a loss now, beginning to think this is a memory problem. CHKDSK reports no problems with the drives. All other programs have no problems. Can anyone shed a glimmer of light here?? FF