old DOS game won't starting

[wesley9946]

hello,

i want to play a old DOS game named Rayman in windows 7.
but when i try to start the game i see this in the command line:

Rayman says fatal error :
Corrupted CD-ROM driver (MSCDEX).
System info :
- errno = 1​

how i can resolve this problem?

greets wesley9946

 

[johnb35]

Windows 7 doesn't have dos. It will have to be played on a system that has windows ME or below on it as windows XP and above doesn't have dos on it.

 

[Dngrsone]

You might try a virtual machine program like DOS Box. Win 7 is an entirely different operating system than DOS, and will not run those programs.

 

[tremmor]

Windows7 has dos JohnB. At least in Pro and Ultimate.

 

[strollin]

Another reason to install DOSBox is that modern computers are way too fast for those old games and can make the game unplayable even if you do get it to run. DOSBox gives you the ability to fine tune the speed to make the game playable.

 

[Dngrsone]

Windows7 has dos JohnB. At least in Pro and Ultimate.

Maybe the 32-bit versions, but not the 64-bit one. And DOS compatibility doesn't mean it'll actually run the program correctly.

 

[johnb35]

Yep, it looks like pro and ultimate and only 32bit versions. It may run in 64 bit if the app/game is 64 bit compatible. Just had to do some searching to get this info. I didn't know they made full dos support in 7.

 

[tremmor]

Maybe the 32-bit versions, but not the 64-bit one. And DOS compatibility doesn't mean it'll actually run the program correctly.

Yes, i have 7 pro 64bit. maybe he can click the exe on the disc or try storing in a directory on the hd then right click compatibility mode. I have at least 20 games from dos. i will try later. Doom, pacman etc. or the other program. i might also have to try it.

 

[Cromewell]

Yes, i have 7 pro 64bit. maybe he can click the exe on the disc or try storing in a directory on the hd then right click compatibility mode. I have at least 20 games from dos. i will try later. Doom, pacman etc. or the other program. i might also have to try it.

A lot of those won't work because back in the DOS days you didn't ask DOS to write to the disk, you directly accessed it. That's a no-no now. You also typically wrote a direct hardware interface for the sound. That's why back in the day so many games needed to be 'sound blaster compatible.'

I'll add to the DOSBox recommendations. It's pretty good.

 

[tremmor]

yes, I agree, its not the same and many commands are missing and disappeared.

 

[AlienMenace]

In less Microsoft changed there habit, you can not run a 16 bit program on a 64 bit OS.

 

[wesley9946]

i have win7 home premium 32bit version where happen this error

 

[Cromewell]

As suggested above, try http://www.dosbox.com/. It's very likely that the game is trying to perform actions which are no longer allowed.

 

[wesley9946]

my game works fine in DOSBOX.
thank you all for the suggestion