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Well, you actually can get DOS based NTFS drivers if you want.  Free ones
too :)

Peace,
Pen

"Jason" <badmonkeyREMOVE@BANANAScfl.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Bmy9b.23295$kX.6303@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Penelope Baker wrote:
> > I tried all the hacks, cracks, cheats, CD protections, sound VM drivers,
> > etc.  NOTHING worked.
> >
>  >
> (snip-er-rooni)
> >
> > Yeah, I know, it's not REALLY under XP, but it turned out to be the best
> > solution for me and was the least 'quirky'.  :)
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pen
> >
> >
>
> Just a heads-up. This method absolutely will not work if the drive you
> are using has been formatted as an NTFS filesytem (as many pre-installed
> and wipe-and-startover installs are.)
>
> An alternative, if you are using an NTFS filesystem, is to burn all the
> above files to a CD-R, and make it bootable. You can also put copies of
> X-COM on the CD-R, and if you're feeling adventurous, write up a boot
> menu that you can use to go straight into one of the games. Using this
> method, you can play X-COM on anyones computer (well, x86 machines, at
> least, and unless they had the same sound card, you'd be without sound)
> , anywhere, anytime, without having to install anything.
>
> Agreed with what Micah said though. Applying this procedure to an
> individual computer would be tedious at best, fraught with much trial
> and error at worst, and downright impossible if you dont have a copy of
> Win95/98 or DOS. But it would work, and hey, learning DOS would give a
> lot you lazy-ass newbies a taste of what it was like to try and get
> these games running on the systems of 10 years ago. :D
>