Since I upgraded from demo to S2, I've suffered some bad blocks on the disk (not as a result of LFS I hasten to add), but now getting 'unable to initialise sound' messages when the game starts and i get no sound.

I'm replacing the disk this week, but am still expecting LFS to have the problem . I'm going to copy the current LFS files to the new disk, then copy the installation files over the top of them to refresh any missing/corrupt ones.

My question is what will I lose as a result of this (e.g. Controller settings/calibration, licence key, etc)?

Thanks

You'll probably have to unlock again, and if you write over your files with installation you'll probably loose a lot - such as credits, settings, etc.

In short the only thing you're really gaining is the saviour of your skins and setups.

I've had this once or twice as well - it could be that your soundcard drivers arent fully installed properly, or its dying. Either that or one of the svchost's isnt running properly. Your new install of windows should solve the problem (hopefully).

Save all the .txt files in the root LFS folder and copy them into the new LFS installation after unzipping. That way all your configuration files are kept. If you unzip LFS over the old folder, these config files will be overwritten. Do it the opposite way. Old .txt over the new install.

Nice one, thanks.