bigredletterday Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Hi, I have searched the forums for anyone else reporting this problem, and haven't found any - apologies if there are and i've missed them. Basically, i recenlty bought a new dell, which i have been using to play fm2010 via steam. Yesterday my free win7 upgrade dvd arrived, so i duly began the task of updating my OS. A few niggles with drivers aside I had Win 7 up and running in a couple of hours. Now, the upgrade version of Win7 claims ot move and re-install all your files for you. When i lcicked Steam it did indeed open as normal, however, when i lcicked to play FM2010 it started laoding, got as far as the Fm2010 logo screeen where the message "loading" appears underneath in a number of languages, then just hung there, going round and round thorugh all the diffrent languages. Eventually i forced the programme to close, and thinking it may have been a Win7 upgrade issue deleted both steam and fm2010 and manaully re-installed them. However, the problem persists - steam laods, fm210 begins loading, then jsut hangs, not showing any error messages, just claiming it's still loading. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredletterday Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 OK, quick update - I manually deleted all content for steam and fm210, eradicated any trace of them from my system, and re-installed. FM2010 now launches, but there's a new problem: Every time i launch FM2010 it creates a new folder in c:\user\documents\sportsinteractive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower1 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 You should have done a clean reinstall of Windows 7 instead of just an upgrade. Before doing this, however, you should have backed up your save game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 You should have done a clean reinstall of Windows 7 instead of just an upgrade. Before doing this, however, you should have backed up your save game. That's the error I made, I now have two Sports Interactive folders in My Documents, doesn't bother me that much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olyto Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I did a clean install of Windows 7 and got 2 copies of the Sports Interactive folder so don't know where it came from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower1 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I did a clean install of Windows 7 and got 2 copies of the Sports Interactive folder so don't know where it came from. I think you should have manually uninstalled FM 2010 completely first and then do a clean install of Windows 7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 If I do a clean re-install of Windows 7, will I have to back up EVERYTHING? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemaddog Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 hey i did a full clean install of windows 7(i wiped my hard drive first) i too have two sports interactive folders appear, others have the problem as well. i don't know if it affects anything or not, but it is a FM problem, hopefully they will fix it soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 hey i did a full clean install of windows 7(i wiped my hard drive first)i too have two sports interactive folders appear, others have the problem as well. i don't know if it affects anything or not, but it is a FM problem, hopefully they will fix it soon. It doesn't affect gameplay at all, it's not a FM issue, just W7. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigredletterday Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 OK, final update. Everything working fine now. To everyone who suggested I should have done a clean install - thanks! I knew i should have to start with, but i was really intrigued to see if the upgrade option provided was any good. The answer is that it's not, it's terrible. I cracked, deleted everything manually, clean installed Win 7, then re-installed everything, et voila! Still had two sports interactive folders initially, but once the game had been loaded, and my save game loaded fom the external hd then saved back to the sports interactive folder everything lookded hunky dory. Now all i have to do is make my sound card work...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanchflower1 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 If I do a clean re-install of Windows 7, will I have to back up EVERYTHING? You only need to back up the files you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 OK, final update. Everything working fine now.To everyone who suggested I should have done a clean install - thanks! I knew i should have to start with, but i was really intrigued to see if the upgrade option provided was any good. The answer is that it's not, it's terrible. I cracked, deleted everything manually, clean installed Win 7, then re-installed everything, et voila! Still had two sports interactive folders initially, but once the game had been loaded, and my save game loaded fom the external hd then saved back to the sports interactive folder everything lookded hunky dory. Now all i have to do is make my sound card work...... So for a clean re-install I have to back up everything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 So for a clean re-install I have to back up everything? Don't bother backing up the game files. Instead, back up the FM10 (or Sports Interactive if you want to save other FM games too) folder from your Documents folder - the one where you place graphics and data edits, it's also where tactics, training and saves are stored. You should find it at: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tottenhamfmo7 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Don't bother backing up the game files. Instead, back up the FM10 (or Sports Interactive if you want to save other FM games too) folder from your Documents folder - the one where you place graphics and data edits, it's also where tactics, training and saves are stored. You should find it at:C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2010 Yeah, I'm actually just backing up the whole directory: C:\Users\George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 That also works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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