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Solve : can i still play ms dos games?? |
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Answer» i have an old inspiron 3200 laptop and i messed up the os(i think) i cant start window but i can still get in ms dos. i was woundering if i COULD still play games on it?What is the OS? How big is the hard drive? How was it formatted? What games? Do you think your sound will still work?it has(or had) windows 98. it has 5 gigs hard drive and i want to play duke nukem 3d or even some other old games until i fix it. the sound should work.dont know how it was formattedQuote it has(or had) windows 98. it has 5 gigs hard drive and i want to play duke nukem 3d or even some other old games until i fix it. the sound should work. 5 gigs in probably one big partition, probably FAT32. No sound driver that runs in DOS for that platform (Win98) which isn't working anyway. The sound should NOT work, the game probably won't play. What are you trying to accomplish with this? Check to see if you can find DOS sound drivers for...what kind of audio chip is this? Let us know.but (winxp)Quote but (winxp) I have no clue what you are sayaing or asking or whatever. :-?Quote I have no clue what you are sayaing or asking or whatever.Simple, the poster has an obvious defect. I know what you mean, next time, try to describe your problem better. Windows XP doesnt really have a good DOS system on it. If you can still start your computer with your command line, then you can play DOS games, and you MIGHT have sound. If your computer has a floppy disk, you can make a start up disk that will let you get to a DOS prompt. It sounds as if you can start your computer in MS-DOS. To play your game, TYPE in the directory of the game. I think it needs to be a .exe file if its a game. Once you have started your game, you may need to change some options in your game so you can get sound. Some games may require you to set a directory so the game itself can find its game files. (like Wacky Wheels) I don't know the command for your game, you will have to find that out for yourself. If you don't get a word of what I just said, tell me and I will try to re-word it.Quote I know what you mean, next time, try to describe your problem better. Zylstra, Part of what you posted is true. Please see my previous comments in this thread. Windows XP has NO DOS system on it it. It has command prompt which is an emulator witth some similar commands. Windows 98 was still buil upon DOS, but has some limitations as mentioned. Some DOS games will not run period-either DUE to processor, speed or file system capabilities. Without DOS drivers and direct access to the hardware, sound will likely not work with today's sound cards. Be careful with advice given. Thanks. Thanks for telling me about my mistake, GX1_Man. But I thought that newer computers could still be booted from a boot disk. (even though XP doesnt have the option to make a boot disk). I also thought that a computer would first attempt to load from the first drive to the last. Is this true? I was mostly GOING by what I have to do with my laptop when I want to play a DOS game. (it starts in safe mode, not enough ram)Quote Thanks for telling me about my mistake, GX1_Man. A computer boots in the order that is set in the BIOS/setup - floppy, hard drive, CDROM, network. If the first in that order is not found, itr will try the next. If a hard drive is formatted NTFS (like most XP computers are) then a DOS boot disk will not know what the file format even is, so all bets are off there. You can download boot disks for your operating system (free at www.bootdisk.com) but the functionality will vary, depeending on the OS. |
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