Re: Multiple OS install help

1. First check if there is an update available for riven that makes it work
on xp ;)

2. If not you have a couple of options:

3. Figure out if it runs in dos or windows.

3.1 If it needs dos, try dos box.

3.2 If it needs windows, you could try virtual pc 2007 from microsoft and
install w95 there.

4. If that's too slow then try:

4.1 System commander (Does it for you... multiple partitions)

4.2 Alternatively try adding extra harddisk and use boot manager to change
boot order.
(Untried but should work).

4.3 Try usb-drive or usb-stick, or maybe even flash card... and try booting
from that.
(Untried but might work)

4.4 You could even try Knoppix cd maybe it has Wine support maybe riven runs
on that ;)

So many options available.

Personally I would stay away from partioning... it's kinda wastefull to make
a partition just for one game or so...
and it's also very risky... if anything goes wrong during the partitioning
you badly screwed ! :)

Take care, be seeing ya ;)

Bye,
Skybuck.


"Gabriel Knight" <Fakeemail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:49548ee8$0$25649$afc38c87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi all I have a good games machine its fast with a quad core CPU but ide
like to play some old pc games on it like "Riven" but it wont install even
with "compatability mode" I would like to install win 95 and 98se to see
if that works as im using win xp home at the moment, I dont know wich OS
gets installed first then second and third.

I forget but do I have to make 3 partitions on the one
HDD for the 3 OS's?

Thanks
GK



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