First post, by dyinginformant
I thought that we have been discussing this lately in the VESA and Duke Nukem 3D topic, and whatever posts and comments related to dual booting should be copied and pasted here. It seemed like a good idea to make a separate topic out of it, as that topic related to getting the VESA modes to work with Duke3D and getting it to work in Windows 2000 and XP.
For games that seem hopeless to run properly or at all on Windows XP or any newer Windows version, the best thing to do is set up a dual boot and install Windows 95 or 98. (which do you recommend BTW? What the heck is the difference between 95 and 98?)
I know that dual booting will help me, though I am a little nervous about doing it, and unless I get absolutely flawless step by step help from someone or some tutorial, I think it's one of those things that I should do by taking my PC into the place I bought it and get the guy to do it for me for a fee. I know this is something I already need to do for Space Quest 6 and Duke Nukem 3D, also I think it is probably the ONLY way I can play Rayman Forever again, as this strange game is meant for Windows 98, but installs in a DOS environment, and has no .exe file to run after installation. I doubt there are many old games I have that will work on XP just fine. A dual boot seems neccessary.
So let's (or maybe I will) post those dual booting tips and links from the Duke topic over here so that it's better organised and more people will find it when they need help with it.
Another question I have is, since the older OS I will only use for a few older games, and for no other uses, is there any way to limit what portions of say, Windows 98 loads? I don't need wordpad, paintbrush, windows games, CD player and SO MANY little programs included with the OS, as I won't use them they will only take up space. But I doubt that there's much of the actual OS that you can remove.
I hope this is easier than I assume it is to do. I'm afraid of doing it, but if I can do it successfully and get it outta the way, my PC will be good to play just about any game that I own. Yay!