cd in 16 bit memory not running

May 7, 2008

I have a cd rom that is really old, and I tried to run it, but nothing

happened when I put it in the cd drive. I know that xp does not run 16-bit

memory, but I was wondering if there is a downloadable thing that would allow

me to run the disc.

If this helps, the cd rom says, " MS DOS ISO-9660 "

Thanks

zman

May 7, 2008

Re: cd in 16 bit memory not running

Your best bet is to either run the CD on another machine that isn't 64-bit,

or run it in a Virtual Machine running 32-bit Windows. You can use the free

Virtual PC to create a VM that you use for running older programs that won't

work properly in 64-bit Windows. I've got a little VM of Windows 98 that I

can fire up when I need to. It doesn't take much in the way of resources,

and gives me easy access to a couple of older programs I still like to use.

--

Charlie.

"zman" <zman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>I have a cd rom that is really old, and I tried to run it, but nothing

> happened when I put it in the cd drive. I know that xp does not run

> 16-bit

> memory, but I was wondering if there is a downloadable thing that would

> allow

> me to run the disc.

> If this helps, the cd rom says, " MS DOS ISO-9660 "

>

> Thanks

> zman

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