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Originally Posted by bigl99
what are you sayin? I already have vista, so I don't have XP at all. What's this dual boot solution? Don't you need the XP installation CD first thing to do this dual boot? I don't have any XP material. It seemed like vista was the next big thing so I got it with my new laptop but nah this is a million times worse than expected.
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I know that there was a sort of "XP-Rip", more like an XP Emulator that was allowing people to play the older games on a Vista system as it apparently tricked the system into thinking it had a dual-boot setup.
You could always try looking for that, I wouldn't recommend it though what with the rumours of most places providing it - having it downloaded packed with Trojans and the like. So it probably would be easier to get a cheap XP pack (like the Home Edition), set it up for dual-boot and run it. Much safer.
But I know some people did get the game to work on Vista without dual-booting it but even then they got to Disc II on VIII and the game stopped working completely no matter what they did.... think it was caused from a clash of sorts. Can't exactly remember sadly.
That or you keep the disc for a few more years and wait for Microsoft to release another Windows one (Hyne forbid it be another fricking Vista...) and try it all over again.
Personally... I wouldn't even bother trying to put it onto the computer/laptop with Vista set up, from what I've seen it's just caused utter havoc with the game and I wouldn't let that system ruin my favorite Final Fantasy.