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Getting a Windows 98 game to run on modern windows
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RE: Getting a Windows 98 game to run on modern windows
(January 15, 2019 at 6:57 am)FlatAssembler Wrote: Windows 98 relies on BIOS to access the hard drive during booting. That can't be done with hard drives bigger than around 7.5 GB. If you insert a Windows 98 boot-disk into a modern computer, the FDISK can't even detect the hard drive (I've tried that myself).

You could partition the HD into smaller chunks, but dual-booting can be problematic in other ways.
For example, Win98 may not recognize some of the more modern hardware without additional drivers -- which may or may not run under Win98.

Virtual machine is a better way to go.

Or, buy a refurbed old 486 from Goodwill for $30, install Win 98 on it, and keep it as a dedicated antique gaming machine.

(January 15, 2019 at 7:08 am)Brian37 Wrote:
(January 14, 2019 at 6:46 pm)Dr H Wrote: What he said.  You can get windows versions from 7 onwards to emulate previous versions.  

I have a laptop with Windows 7 that is set up to emulate XP, 2000, and 98se.  What you do is set up a virtual machine, which creates a subenvironment and lets you open a window in which you can install and run previous versions of Windows.  Then you install your legacy software via that virtual machine window.

Doesn't work 100% of the time, but it's not too bad -- maybe 95%.

For windows 7:

https://microsoft-virtual-pc.en.softonic.com/

For later versions:

https://www.virtualbox.org/

Have fun.

Um yea, but you cant downgrade on most machines now. Believe me I tried to go from Windows Vista back to 7, the tower I bought with Vista on it wouldn't allow it, and trust me, I took it to a computer expert, and he couldn't do it.

If the OP really wants this game, hate to say it, they are going have to buy an old tower with an old enough OS already on it.

Installing a virtual machine doesn't involve downgrading.
The VM runs under whatever your primary operating system is -- Win 10, or whatever.
Then you install your legacy operating system in the VM environment.
-- 
Dr H


"So, I became an anarchist, and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."
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RE: Getting a Windows 98 game to run on modern windows - by Dr H - January 16, 2019 at 6:21 pm

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