Guest Kent Posted March 11, 2008 Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 I managed to get Xcom Apoc running on XP Home using Microsoft Virtual PC 2004. It runs on my Asus eeePC (no optical drives, just one 4Gig internal flash memory drive and a SD card slot. I'm not sure if anyone's posted about Microsoft Virtual PC before, but here's how I got mine running on the eeePC. The eeePC does not have a cdrom or dvd drive, so the instructions below deal with iso images. Required - Xcom Apoc disk (mine says "Xcom Apoc V1.00") Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 - free download from:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=enNote - Virtual PC 2007 may or may not work.Note - Virtual PC will run on XP home, it just issues a warning on install. A Virtual Floppy Image (.vfd) of a Windows 95 Floppy Boot Disk. I had one, but you may be able to get one from http://www.bootdisk.com/ Windows 95 Install CD (mine is version B OEM) with a license keyNote - windows 98 may work and may eliminate the need for the floppy, but Xcom may have a problem running in a 98 virtual pc. Alcohol 120 or some other way to create ISO images of cdroms. Note - Nero did not work for me (two days wasted) but this could be user related.Alcohol 120 free eval version works http://trial.alcohol-soft.com/ A computer that can convert your cdrom disks to iso files. Basic idea - create and run virtual windows 95 machine with one virtual hard drive add virtual floppy to the windows 95 machine and use it to fdisk a dos partition and format c:add virtual cdrom drive to the windows 95 machine and use it to install windows 95install xcom from virtual cdrom drive onto windows 95 machine's c:keep xcom virutal cd in the virtual cdrom drive and play xcom! Process - create d:\win95copy your windows 95 floppy vfd file to d:\win95copy your windows 95 install iso file to d:\win95copy your xcom disk iso file to d:\win95 Install virtual pc 2004 Run it and click on newbrowse to d:/win95/win95.vmcchoose windows 95 OSset ram to 128 (worked for me - you could try other values)select new virtual hard diskbrowse to d:/win95/win95DriveC.vhdfinish start - you will get a message saying reboot and select proper boot deviceselect menu "floppy" - capture floppy disk imagebrowse to your d:\win95\FloppyImage.vfdmenu - action - resetNote - when the mouse gets stuck in the virtual screen, use right alt key to free it.Note - right alt key/enter to switch to/from full screenvirtual pc should boot from floppy and give you A:\ fdiskenable large disks = Y1 - create dos partition1 - primarymax size = ylet it finishESCmenu - action - resetat A:\format c:let it formatmenu - CD - capture ISO Image - browse to d:\win95\yourWindow95.isoNote - you can also use an external usb cdrom with your windows 95 disk at C:\mkdir cabscd cabscopy d:\win95\*.cabNote - I needed to save the cabs to the c drive because of some strange install problem later - could be user related.at D:\setupsetup options - compact worked for meenter license keydon't select network adapterinstall common componentsno startup diskwhen about to reboot, menu - floppy - releaserebootMy install goes wrong here and can no longer find d:It asks for the disk to be put back in.click ok, then browse to c:\cabsinstall should continue enter anything for the network info promptcancel printer installrebootcancel network passwordmenu - cd - releaseshutdown windows 95 and exit virtual pc browse to d:\win95 and make a backup copy of your virtual hard drive so that youdo not have to reinstall windows if the xcom install goes wrong.restart virtual pc 2004 and your windows 95 virtual machinemenu - cd - capture browse to d:\win95\yourXComApoc.isoNote - again you can use an external usb cdrom drive and the real disk.xcom pop-up screen should appear - click installinstall minimal version to c:/xcomasetup sound card - auto detect should workexit and saveplay - kill aliens, watch out for brain suckers, poppers and worms! you can delete the floppy .vfd file, the windows 95 iso file and the backup copyof the hard drive .vhd file. You need to keep the xcom iso file. The idea came from:http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archi.../15/257408.aspxHe claims you have to install xcom apoc from a physical cdrom drive. I did nothave any problem using an iso. I tried a bunch of "No-disk" options andvarious ways to mount an iso before I figured out my iso created with Nero wasthe probem. Switching to Alcohol 120 worked right away. I've seen various referencesto xcom apoc patches for display problems and no-disk fixes. I had no luck withthese, and in the end did not need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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