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XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

Dan Belch

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by Dan Belch » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 06:45:41

Alrighty, what the hell do I have to do to get Carmageddon 2 to run on this PC?
 I've got XP and it gives me that evil "Not supported on NT" error message.
Any suggestions (that won't cost me any money)?  :)

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David Butter

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by David Butter » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 08:10:20


I don't have C2, but from a look around Google I'd say you're out of
luck - even the unofficial XP Windows Application Compatibility
Service:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

isn't very helpful:

"Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now 2.0  

Unfortionatly[sic] the best version of the Carmageddon series is
incompatable with NT/2000/XP, even in compatability mode."

Apparently version 1.0 of Carma 2 will run if the copy protection is
removed, but I have no idea how to do that, and even if I did have
there's the ***y DMCA to worry about (which doesn't apply to us in
the UK, but the software cos don't seem to know that...)

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Eldre

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by Eldre » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 11:09:25


Dual boot?

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Dan Belch

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by Dan Belch » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 13:29:06

How do I go about doing that, Eldred?

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Eldre

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by Eldre » Thu, 11 Jul 2002 10:23:11


Sorry, Dan - I have NO experience setting up dual boot.  I've so far been able
to avoid that, as I haven't upgraded to XP(or even 2000) yet...

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JM

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by JM » Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:36:46





>>>Dual boot?

>>>Eldred

>>How do I go about doing that, Eldred?

> Sorry, Dan - I have NO experience setting up dual boot.  I've so far
> been able to avoid that, as I haven't upgraded to XP(or even 2000)
> yet...

> Eldred

If you have a spare empty partition on your drive, when you put the XP CD
in, it should offer you the option of either upgrading your existing
windows, or creating a new xp install. just choose a new install and point
it at the empty partition.

When XP is installed, you'll now have a boot menu with two options:
"Windows"
"Windows XP"
the first is your old operating system.

cheers
John

Rob Adam

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by Rob Adam » Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:46:39

Are they completely independent or do they share files/Registry
settings/swap files/etc? I've been looking into this because I want to
preserve my Win98 setup for *** but I'm eventually going to have to
install XP for work reasons (Visual Studio .NET doesn't "do" Win98).

JM

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by JM » Fri, 12 Jul 2002 04:50:34


they're completely independent.  If you let XP format the 2nd partition as
FAT32 (rather than NTFS), you can still "see" all the files, but they do
not, in any way, affect the Win98 system on the C: drive, for example.  The
reverse is also true.  Installing software under a winXP on D: offers the
default of d:\program files... instead of c:\program files...

It does mean you'll be using up another 500mb or whatever on swap/page
files but that's the price of running two versions of windows anyway.

No interference between the systems anyway, so you can muck about with XP
without touching anything on win98.

cheers
John

Eldre

XP-Carmageddon 2 (don't laugh) compatibility issues

by Eldre » Sun, 14 Jul 2002 08:09:05



>> Sorry, Dan - I have NO experience setting up dual boot.  I've so far
>> been able to avoid that, as I haven't upgraded to XP(or even 2000)
>> yet...

>> Eldred

>If you have a spare empty partition on your drive, when you put the XP CD
>in, it should offer you the option of either upgrading your existing
>windows, or creating a new xp install. just choose a new install and point
>it at the empty partition.

>When XP is installed, you'll now have a boot menu with two options:
>"Windows"
>"Windows XP"
>the first is your old operating system.

But how many people have a "spare empty partition" just lying around?<g>

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