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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 &gt; 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 &gt; Click Create</li>
	<li>Click OK to accept the settings</li>
	<li>Make sure the Windows XP&nbsp;VM is selected and click Start &gt; Normal</li>
	<li>Once inside Windows XP, go to Start &gt; Run &gt; type&nbsp;diskmgmt.msc &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Inside Disk Management, locate the 500 GB virtual hard disk &gt; Right click &gt; 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 &gt; Change Drive Letter and Paths...</li>
	<li>Click the Change... button</li>
	<li>Set the drive letter to G &gt;&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 &gt; Optical Drives &gt; Choose a disk file... and selecting the image</li>
		<li>If&nbsp;the game is a physical CD-ROM put the disc in the host computer and&nbsp;mount the CD-ROM in VirtualBox by selecting Devices &gt; Optical Drives &gt; Host Drive</li>
		<li>If the game is contained on floppy disk images mount the floppy disk(s) in VirtualBox by selecting Devices &gt; Floppy Drives &gt;&nbsp;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&nbsp;G:\Games\</li>
	<li>If the installer doesn&#39;t automatically create a shortcut on the desktop, navigate to the installation directory in File Explorer &gt; right click the game .exe &gt; Send To &gt; 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 &gt; Right click &gt; New &gt; Shortcut</li>
	<li>Click the Browse... button &gt; Navigate to the DOSBox .exe file and select it &gt; Click OK &gt; Click Next &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click the new shortcut &gt; Properties</li>
	<li>Edit the shortcut properties as follows<br />
	Target:&nbsp;G:\_DOSBOX\DOSBox.exe -userconf &quot;G:\Games\Hugo&#39;s House of Horrors&quot; -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:\&nbsp;</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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