How do i run old/classic dos games on windows xp?

[FaMe FacToR]

hi guys! i'm a classic game fan. i play old games quite often & hence have a backup of some of the classic dos games. my problem is that i cannot run it on windows xp. it shows me 16-bit ms-dos subsystem error. how do i make it run on xp?
please help guys!

[Solomon]

Hi Fame!
Windows XP and Vista come in 32-bit and 64-bit but still the 64-bit versions support 32-bit softwares. The only difference would be the software would work according to 32-bit capabilities of the processor regardless of its 64-bit capabilities. Same way windows 98 is a 32-bit OS which supported native 16-bit applications. Some of the applications can run on windows xp and some of them might not. In this case ur games don't work. You can make it run on windows xp for sure.

All you need is:

• Download DosBox.
  
• Install & Run DosBox.
  
• type : Z:\>MOUNT "x" "path"
  
• "x" drive letter that u want to assign to your game drive
  
• Path will be the game folder of ur dos games. This command will mount the game folder as the root drive.
  
• Example : Z:\>MOUNT C D:\OLDGAMES.
  
• This will mount the entire path D:\OLDGAMES as "c" drive.
  
• Now run the DOS file name.
  
• There You Go!
  
• Enjoy!

[Locknload70]

i downloaded z but when i install it stops and says i have to install volume #0 the exits the install. what am i doing wrong?

[Glenny]

Hello there, I suppose that the download of the particular file was not proper because of which the message is being flashed. I suggest you to download the same file again and then, try the same solution again, that is the one mentioned in the above post by Solomon.