I'm in agreement with Gordo's post from higher up - the best strategy is to install a partition and put Windows 7 (or xp) on that.
I could only get it to work on Windows 10 by using a no cd crack but that stopped owner mode from working and brought back the stuttering that the earlier patches fixed. It's particularly frustrating when you've got the disks right next to you!
I thought it would be difficult but a quick Google and I discovered it was fairly easy. Installed mvp off my discs using the suggested method in the stickied threads and I've now got mvp clean, mvp 2015 and total classics 1997. Ran into the Windows 7 issue mentioned above but the fix in that thread sorted it for me.
All I can say is that this site is amazing , thanks for all the guides and support!