Running MVP 2005 doesn't work in Virtualized Windows XP environment

[DougFromLI]

Hi guys,

 

New to the forum, and scoured it, not finding any information.

 

I have original MVP 2005 disks, and installed them on a Virtualized Windows XP SP3 system using Virtualbox.

 

When I have my Disk 1 in my DVD-Rom drive, and attempt to run the game, I get a "Please insert correct DVD-Rom" error", which I see has been a problem in the Windows 10 thread.

 

Has anyone successfully found a solution to this problem using Virtualbox OR has anyone come to the determination that the game won't run in the above environment?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Yankee4Life]

Virtualbox is new to me.

[Kccitystar]

21 hours ago, DougFromLI said:

Hi guys,

 

New to the forum, and scoured it, not finding any information.

 

I have original MVP 2005 disks, and installed them on a Virtualized Windows XP SP3 system using Virtualbox.

 

When I have my Disk 1 in my DVD-Rom drive, and attempt to run the game, I get a "Please insert correct DVD-Rom" error", which I see has been a problem in the Windows 10 thread.

 

Has anyone successfully found a solution to this problem using Virtualbox OR has anyone come to the determination that the game won't run in the above environment?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

You would have better luck running MVP 2005 on Ubuntu using WINE than a virtualized instance of Windows XP, I feel.

[DougFromLI]

Thanks, but trying to avoid a dual boot scenario, since I require my Win10Pro host to be active all the time.  Its virtualization, getting it to work on W10Pro, or have another dedicated machine for games.

[Kccitystar]

13 minutes ago, DougFromLI said:

Thanks, but trying to avoid a dual boot scenario, since I require my Win10Pro host to be active all the time.  Its virtualization, getting it to work on W10Pro, or have another dedicated machine for games.

 

No that's what I meant, virtualize Ubuntu instead and give that a shot, or Windows 7 instead of XP SP3

 

[DougFromLI]

22 minutes ago, Kccitystar said:

 

No that's what I meant, virtualize Ubuntu instead and give that a shot, or Windows 7 instead of XP SP3

 

Yes, good ideas, KC.  Windows 7 virtualization is prob worth a shot.  I'm not a Unix guy, but what the heck, maybe I'll try that too, although I don't think I have installation CD's for either.

[Yankee4Life]

1 hour ago, Kccitystar said:

 

You would have better luck running MVP 2005 on Ubuntu using WINE than a virtualized instance of Windows XP, I feel.

 

KC, I ran this through Google translate and I came up with nothing. 😄

[Kccitystar]

1 hour ago, DougFromLI said:

Yes, good ideas, KC.  Windows 7 virtualization is prob worth a shot.  I'm not a Unix guy, but what the heck, maybe I'll try that too, although I don't think I have installation CD's for either.

Ubuntu images are easy to grab (yay for open source) but a Windows 7 iso may be tricky these days.

[Jim825]

I was wondering if you could run Ubuntu under WSL and then run the game using WINE.  From what I've read, some have had luck running games that way but others have not.

[DougFromLI]

Just as a follow-up for those interested, MVP 2005 didn't run/install under a vanilla Windows 7 VM installation.  It wouldn't allow me to install Disk 2 when I reached this point.  Similar for NBA Live 2005; when I reached the 2nd disk for install, it wouldn't let me click the OK button to start installing 2nd DVD's info.

 

Additionally, I XCOPY'd a full installation of MVP 2005 that I had completed on Windows 10 Pro (which didn't run), over to the Windows 7 VM, and when attempting to run that on Windows 7 VM, I kept getting prompted to insert the correct CD into the drive.

Edited Monday at 04:16 PM by DougFromLI

[MannyRamirez]

You can just run the game on Windows 10.  The magic combination is SafeDiskShim + DGVoodoo.  

 

I'm running the game on Windows XP, Windows 10, and Windows 11.   

 

I did the whole dedicated XP machine approach, since that was recommended by users in this forum.   It does work, and it's the original hardware/software from the release of the game 20 years ago.  The main drawbacks are compatibility with XBox one controllers and I would assume less performance when trying to run mods or reshade.  (I haven't started modding yet, just running the base game so far)  On XP I can only use XBox 360 controllers which are pretty good, but the vibration is not that good.  I assume the Logitech RumblePad would be good on XP, since that was what the game was originally designed for.  I have only tried the XBox 360 controllers so far on XP.

 

Even with the dedicated XP box I still thought it would be worth trying to get the game running on Win10 and Win11.  It does indeed work on both Win10 and Win11 using SafeDiskShim and DGVoodoo which are explained in other posts on these forums.  This setup is silky smooth and allows me to play with Xbox One controllers with vibration.  This also gives me the full power of my modern PC and graphics which might help when running mods or reshades.