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Lord Vader posted on Aug 22, 2010 2:11:55 AM - Report post

guys out of the blue i felt this urgent need to play KOTOR 1 and so i searched high and low for it and finally found it only to discover to my horror that it won't run on my Win7 64-Bit. i tried running it with Trouble Shooting Compatability and Admin mode. it just won't run because its meant to run only on XP. now my raptor HDD has 2 partitions. can i install XP SP2 on the other partition and play the game with Win7 64-Bit already installed on my primary partition? i really need to play this game because its been a while i also want to play KOTOR 2. please advise. thank you.

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LordVenator posted on Aug 22, 2010 2:28:18 AM - Report post

Right click > Compatibility > Run for Windows XP?

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Lord Vader posted on Aug 22, 2010 2:54:38 AM - Report post

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originally posted by LoopDaLoop

Right click > Compatibility > Run for Windows XP?

thnx LDL...i tried that...via Troubleshoot Compatability Mode..it didn't work. pls feel free to continue to advise me. thanx

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YTHunter posted on Aug 23, 2010 3:02:57 AM - Report post

You can install Win XP into that partition. Just make sure that the OS is 32-bit.

If I am not wrong, KotOR 1 and 2 is only compatible with 32-bit OS.

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shianova posted on Aug 23, 2010 6:18:32 AM - Report post

First of all what is your gfx card?

One trick I heard solves the problem but not for everyone is to apply the no-cd fix.

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Lord Vader posted on Aug 23, 2010 7:22:36 AM - Report post

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originally posted by YTHunter

You can install Win XP into that partition. Just make sure that the OS is 32-bit.

If I am not wrong, KotOR 1 and 2 is only compatible with 32-bit OS.

unfortunately u r right..i think. my system is 64-Bit. and Shianova...my card is GTX480. i haven't been able to run both of them so far..crashes to the desktop. tried running it as admin and tried running it with Troubleshoot Compatability mode too..no luck.

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shianova posted on Aug 23, 2010 7:24:47 AM - Report post

I read somewhere that you have to download really old drivers for your GFX card, a lot of people have no problem running this game on Win 7 and then a lot of people do.

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Lord Vader posted on Aug 23, 2010 7:31:16 AM - Report post

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originally posted by shianova

I read somewhere that you have to download really old drivers for your GFX card, a lot of people have no problem running this game on Win 7 and then a lot of people do.

GTX480 being a fairly recent card..i don't think older driver's exist at all and if these 2 games run only on 32-Bit systems then my entire effort will be one of futility because i did away with my 32-Bit system

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