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How do I erase everything in my computer?
fastredpacman:
If you want a clean hard drive try Autoclave. Its found here http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/
Read all the directions. It is pretty good. And like you said if there is nothing damaging you wanna erase then you could just use the first option in the program. Best of all the program is free. Just be aware the bigger the drive the longer it will take.
Mr. Dude:
If its only a pentium 1 machine I would strongly suggest just running DOS on it. You'd probably be best off with an older version of MAME as well and maybe something like game launcher as your front end.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Mr. Dude on September 21, 2004, 03:43:52 pm ---If its only a pentium 1 machine I would strongly suggest just running DOS on it. You'd probably be best off with an older version of MAME as well and maybe something like game launcher as your front end.
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Wow - I was just looking at the GameLauncher website! :o I've never used a front end before but I really like the look of game launcher. Right now all I've figured out how to do is Start-->Run-->type "command.com" (or something) --> DOS window appears --> change directory --> type "mame [game name]." I'm using Mame v.0.86 and all I've got is around 5 or 6 games so far... I'm just happy I was able to play Ms. Pac-man. Is Game Launcher easy to get it up and running?
Also, is this considered running mame in DOS or Windows? Thanks!!
Thenasty:
you are srtill runing WINDOWS, thats your primary OS. Running game/MAME under the command prompt makes it WINDOW DOS BOX. YOu need to install DOS as you priimary OS to call it running MAME in pure DOS (DOS are for expert :o )
javeryh:
yeah, I'll stick to what's easiest. I'm no expert (obviously!). Do I have to put the gamelauncher files in a certain mame folder or vice versa to get the games to work?