re: Question about 'My extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows'
Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(5923 messages posted)
In addition, if your game is loaded on an NTFS formatted hard drive, starting the
computer with a DOS boot disk, will not see your hard drive, therefore the game will
not even be available to play unless you are loading it from a floppy or CD ROM (if
you boot with CD ROM support). DOS games are problematic in XP due to the fact that
XP has only emulation, not real DOS as does Win 9X. There are many other factors
that make it hard to impossible to run DOS games on XP as well...
On Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 12:42 pm, Shawn wrote:
>I have a comment/question about My
>extra-cool DOS game won't run under Windows:
>A response indicated that it is rare to find a DOS game that will run under windows
>XP. Well, I have one that does. It is a Star Reach game, which I still enjoy very
>much. It will run, and I can play the game. The problem is that sometimes, (usually
>when having a lot of action going on,) the game will freeze or close out completely.
>Very aggrivating when I'm on a charge to victory. The answer also said to boot from
>the a boot disc. If I create an XP boot disc, are you saying that I might be advised
>to shut down and reboot using this disc, and then type/call up the game's exe file?
>Will a boot disc load a safe mode, limited windows version or DOS prompt? How can
>I create the required boot disc? I need to use the keyboard and mouse to play the
>game. No cd rom needed. The game is on the harddrive, with an icon created on the
>desktop. Icon properties memory tab has all memory options set to auto. Star Reach
>does not need any conventional memory, and can run without any memory manager at
>all. How is the manager disabled? Can I make this game play well via a properly
set
>boot disc?
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