dos based games not working in XP

[Guest]

i have windows XP home edition and have a dos based game that i want to play. the problem is that i need to run it in dos and don't know how to set it up. In windows 95 i know how to fix the problem but have tryed to do the same and there is no option for it. I have also tryed to make a boot disk but windoes XP has no help about it and i do not know what i am doing with boot disk creations. i have emailed the game makers and they told me to make a boot disk to solve the problem.
any help in solving this problem would be great

 

[Guest]

there is no "dos mode" in xp..
try using a pc emulator like vmware, virtualpc or dosbox

-----Original Message-----
i have windows XP home edition and have a dos based game

that i want to play. the problem is that i need to run it
in dos and don't know how to set it up. In windows 95 i
know how to fix the problem but have tryed to do the same
and there is no option for it. I have also tryed to make a
boot disk but windoes XP has no help about it and i do not
know what i am doing with boot disk creations. i have
emailed the game makers and they told me to make a boot
disk to solve the problem.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi,

Instructions follow...

| there is no "dos mode" in xp..
| try using a pc emulator like vmware, virtualpc or dosbox
| >-----Original Message-----
| >i have windows XP home edition and have a dos based game
| that i want to play. the problem is that i need to run it
| in dos and don't know how to set it up. In windows 95 i
| know how to fix the problem but have tryed to do the same
| and there is no option for it. I have also tryed to make a
| boot disk but windoes XP has no help about it and i do not
| know what i am doing with boot disk creations. i have
| emailed the game makers and they told me to make a boot
| disk to solve the problem.
| >any help in solving this problem would be great
| >.
| >

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or by using the Multiboot
bootdisk from: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm For sound
issues use: http://www.ece.mcgill.ca/~vromas/vdmsound Good Luck!

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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