You might try a CVS build. I remember having problems with a CD version of XWing as well, but I think I was using a pirated CD at the time.

Another thing to try is copying the files from the CD to an empty folder on your hard drive and then mount that folder in DOSBox as a CD.

Sorry to be a nuisance but you're speaking a foreign language to me. Would you mind explaining how to do CVS build or mount as a CD?

Thanks in advance.

Actually, try this:
- After mounting the CD the way you're doing it now, go to the D: drive and run the install program. Reinstall the game to the C: drive. Then try running it from the newly installed directory/folder (NOT from the one you already have it in!)

I suggest this because it's possible that you installed X-Wing with a different mount setup, causing it to look for the CD-ROM on a different drive letter than D:

If that doesn't work, then try the mount folder as a CD idea:
- Open the CD in a folder window (e.g. My Computer, then right-click F: and hit Explore)
- Open your C: drive in another folder window and make a folder named XWCD
- Browse into the XWCD folder
- Highlight all the files and folders on the CD (Ctrl+A)
- Hold the right mouse button and drag them all to the empty XWCD folder
- Choose Copy
- Make a sandwich
- Do the same as above, except instead of mounting the CD do this:
mount D C:\XWCD -t cdrom

Side note: They created BWING.EXE when they made the B-Wing expansion pack, which is included in the CD-ROM version. I'm not sure why they didn't just overwrite XWING.EXE instead...

That did the trick. All I had to do was set the cd rom to where the file was.

mount D D:\oldgames\xwing -t cdrom

Unfortunately now the sound won't work. Theres a sound configuration in the file and in the install screen which I ran with no problems. It found my sound card and played perfectly. For some reason though it won't save and the game doesn't see it. I really appreciate this.

Make sure you actually install the game to another directory on the hard drive. It could be trying to run off of the CD, in which case it can't save your settings.

Also, be sure to mount both C and D drives every time you play, so that it can find both the CD-ROM and the files installed on your hard drive.

When I went to install the game, it tells me I have to install from the cd which I don't have. The game opens however. Here are the commands I use.

mount C D:\oldgames
mount D D:\oldgames\xwing -t cdrom
c:
cd xwing
install

Sorry! and thanks!

Does it let you install anyways with these new mount settings? Just be sure to install it to somewhere other than c:\xwing in DOSBox (d:\oldgames\xwing on your real hard drive) so that the game doesn't get confused trying to tell if it's looking at the (virtual) CD files or the hard drive files.

The whole game seems to be installed on my hard drive at D:\oldgames\xwing . Even with the mount settings I used it won't let me use the install.exe . Do I even need to install since all of the files seem to be there? The sound just won't work.

I don't know what's going wrong. You may need to reinstall using the original CD (maybe you're using a pirated rip with the sounds removed for all I know). I also know that the game may be confused if it was originally installed to your hard drive (or whoever's you got it from) with different drive letters or directory names for the hard drive and/or CD-ROM than what you're trying to use.

It's an old copy that I've had on my hard drive forever. I copied the files to cd from my old comp and put them on my newer one and have had the file for a while now. I remember it working long ago. I didn't know I couldn't run it on XP until I tried then I found DOSBox and am where I am now. So...I guess I'm screwed. But thanks for your help!