[CTS] Re: Old DOS Programs on XP Home

From: Vernon Balbert <vbalbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 01:06:15 -0700

Actually, you don't need to have Win98 installed first. Just make sure that the primary partition on the first hard drive is a FAT partition. It doesn't even need to be very big. In fact, for most drives you can make it the minimum size a partition can be and you can do it. (You need at least enough space to hold the boot files. A 1 MB partition is large enough.)

Vern

Russ Blakeman wrote:

As Vernon is hinting at I think with W2k and XP you need to have 98
installed first.

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From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Owens, Jack
K.
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:28 AM
To: 'computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [CTS] Re: Old DOS Programs on XP Home


Sounds good, but can I still get W98SE to boot from the same HD
after installing XP?
We also put a new 160Gig HD in before upgrading to XP.  The old
30Gig HD is in as a slave just
like it was before the upgrade to XP.  Is it possible to boot
from it?  If so that would be
the best of both worlds.

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 10:12 AM
To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [CTS] Re: Old DOS Programs on XP Home


Easiest fix if y ou have hardware dependant DOS items to run is to dual
boot - 98SE and XP with XP being your default and install the DOS programs
under the 98SE boot. My wife has a DOS based embroidery program that uses
the LPT1 port that I had to do this with and it works AOK.

-----Original Message-----
From: computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Owens, Jack
K.
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 7:37 AM
To: 'computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [CTS] Old DOS Programs on XP Home


Does anyone know of a solution to a problem that I am having on XP Home.
The system is my Dad's which was just upgraded from 98_SE to XP Home.
He likes to play the Wolfenstine DOS based games.  When the system was
first upgraded the system had no sound, but the DOS games played
via the PC
speaker. After fighting with about a dozen different drivers for a
SiS7012/CM'97 integrated sound card/chip and not getting any
sound (even though
XP seemed happy when you looked at the sound devices via the
hardware manager)
he went and bought a Creative Labs sound card.  Now windows XP
has sound, but
the DOS based games error with "NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal
instruction" type error.  Any help or web sites would be greatly
appreciated.
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