can I stillplay games

[Guest oh2oh2]

Originally I have 1 hdd1 where I installed my win xp and the games. Because

of virus infections, I have decided to attach a new hdd2 and installed win xp

and used as Master. The old hdd1 as slave. My questions are:-

1/ Can I still play the same games if i do not reinstall the games in hdd2?

2/ If so above, can I still play the same games if I delete the windows in

that hdd1?

 

Look forward for your help, thanks.

[Guest Malke]

Re: can I stillplay games

 

oh2oh2 wrote:

> Originally I have 1 hdd1 where I installed my win xp and the games.

> Because of virus infections, I have decided to attach a new hdd2 and

> installed win xp and used as Master. The old hdd1 as slave. My questions

> are:- 1/ Can I still play the same games if i do not reinstall the games

> in hdd2? 2/ If so above, can I still play the same games if I delete the

> windows in that hdd1?

 

Answer to question 1 - No, you will need to reinstall the games from the

original installation media (CD/DVD, installable executable downloaded from

the Internet).

 

Answer to question 2 - No. See answer to question 1 above.

 

 

Malke

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[Guest Onsokumaru]

Re: can I stillplay games

 

 

"Malke" <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote in message

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> oh2oh2 wrote:

>

>> Originally I have 1 hdd1 where I installed my win xp and the games.

>> Because of virus infections, I have decided to attach a new hdd2 and

>> installed win xp and used as Master. The old hdd1 as slave. My questions

>> are:- 1/ Can I still play the same games if i do not reinstall the games

>> in hdd2? 2/ If so above, can I still play the same games if I delete the

>> windows in that hdd1?

>

> Answer to question 1 - No, you will need to reinstall the games from the

> original installation media (CD/DVD, installable executable downloaded

> from

> the Internet).

>

> Answer to question 2 - No. See answer to question 1 above.

>

>

> Malke

 

 

Actually there is a good chance you will be able to play some games.

 

I dual boot and do this occasionally. IIRC it worked with Crysis.

 

Just try running the main exe from game directory and if it doesn't work you

have lost nothing.

 

Something like Steam, or digital distribution probably won't play.

Some games look for registry entries before starting and some don't.

 

If you find your save games have gone look in the old "My Documents\My

Games" directory. Newer games use this directory to save games to.

 

Some games require a specific codec for the menus, or in game movies to

work, (the game installs these during installation.) These may run, but with

graphical issues.

 

The only way you will know for sure is to try it.