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<h1>How I Play Classic Windows and DOS Games</h1>
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<h2>Setting Up the VM and Software</h2>
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<li>Create a Windows XP virtual machine in VirtualBox (https://youtu.be/mPOmPusoELk)</li>
<li>Make sure VirtualBox Guest Additions are installed</li>
<li>Shutdown the VM</li>
<li>In the Virtualbox interface, right click the Windows XP VM > Settings</li>
<li>Select Storage</li>
<li>Select the hard disk dropdown to the right</li>
<li>Click the Create button at the top</li>
<li>Change the size to 500 GB > Click Create</li>
<li>Click OK to accept the settings</li>
<li>Make sure the Windows XP VM is selected and click Start > Normal</li>
<li>Once inside Windows XP, go to Start > Run > type diskmgmt.msc > Press Enter</li>
<li>Inside Disk Management, locate the 500 GB virtual hard disk > Right click > Format...</li>
<li>Set the following values:
<p>Volume label: Games<br />
Files system: NTFS<br />
Allocation unit size: Default<br />
Perform a quick format: Checked</p>
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<li>Click OK</li>
<li>Once the disk is formatted and initialized, right click it again > Change Drive Letter and Paths...</li>
<li>Click the Change... button</li>
<li>Set the drive letter to G > Click OK</li>
<li>Download DOSBox <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/files/latest/download" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
<li>Install DOSBox to G:\_DOSBOX</li>
<li>Locate the game installation media
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<li>If the game is a CD-ROM image mount the CD-ROM in VirtualBox by selecting Devices > Optical Drives > Choose a disk file... and selecting the image</li>
<li>If the game is a physical CD-ROM put the disc in the host computer and mount the CD-ROM in VirtualBox by selecting Devices > Optical Drives > Host Drive</li>
<li>If the game is contained on floppy disk images mount the floppy disk(s) in VirtualBox by selecting Devices > Floppy Drives > Choose a disk file... and selecting the image</li>
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<h2>Installing a Windows Based Game</h2>
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<li>Once the installation media is mounted in VirtualBox install the game normally making sure to set the installation path to a sub-directory inside G:\Games\</li>
<li>If the installer doesn't automatically create a shortcut on the desktop, navigate to the installation directory in File Explorer > right click the game .exe > Send To > Desktop (create shortcut)</li>
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<h2>Installing a DOS Based Game</h2>
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<li>Create a sub-directory in G:\Games\ to copy the game to</li>
<li>Once the installation media is mounted in VirtualBox navigate to it in Windows Explorer</li>
<li>Copy the files from the game media to G:\Games\%game%</li>
<li>Navigate to the desktop > Right click > New > Shortcut</li>
<li>Click the Browse... button > Navigate to the DOSBox .exe file and select it > Click OK > Click Next > Click Finish</li>
<li>Right click the new shortcut > Properties</li>
<li>Edit the shortcut properties as follows<br />
Target: G:\_DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe -userconf "G:\Games\Hugo's House of Horrors" -noconsole<br />
Start in: G:\_DOSBOX\</li>
<li>Click OK</li>
<li>Double click the shortcut to launch DOSBox with the game mounted to the C:\ </li>
<li>Launch the game normally by typing the exe name and pressing Enter</li>
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<p>The DOSBox configuration file is located at %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox and can be edited to set preferences such as the resolution and redering method</p>
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