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

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)? :) ----------------------------------------- Dan Belcher Webmaster, http://simcrash.fameflame.dk

[email hidden] (Dan Belcher) wrote on 03 Jul 2002: > 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)? :) 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.myshipmates.net/xpsc/ 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 bloody DMCA to worry about (which doesn't apply to us in the UK, but the software cos don't seem to know that...) -- Cricket: England 2 Sri Lanka 0 Athletics: Gt Britain & NI European Cup winners Keep those flags up! The GPL Scrapyard: http://www.btinternet.com/~gplscrapyard

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Dan Belcher) writes: >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)? :) Dual boot? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Stolen vehicle! - Det,MI 1999 Blk Pontiac Grand Am SE, Lic# 947SLS, VIN:1G2NE12EXXM815898 carjacked from Grnfld/W. Chicago 6/30/02.Contact Officer Penn at 313-596-2850.Thanks Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>Dual boot? > >Eldred How do I go about doing that, Eldred? ----------------------------------------- Dan Belcher Webmaster, http://simcrash.fameflame.dk

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Dan Belcher) writes: >>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 -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett My .sig file is in the shop for repairs... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] (Dan Belcher) writes: > >>>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

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> 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.

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 gaming but I'm eventually going to have to install XP for work reasons (Visual Studio .NET doesn't "do" Win98).

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> 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 gaming but I'm eventually going to have to > install XP for work reasons (Visual Studio .NET doesn't "do" Win98). > > >

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

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>> 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> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett My .sig file is in the shop for repairs... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.