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Asked: 2021-11-28T02:13:44+00:00 In:

Windows 98se Lags Damn Bad In Virtualbox

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Hi folks,
Recently I installed 98SE on a virtual machine in virtualbox to play the old games that I own (Claw, Duke 3D, Doom 2 etc.) but the machine lags bad when it runs. I have two forums on the vbox website –
The first one
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewt…
and the second one
https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewt…
I didn’t install exactly as written (as I don’t want to download all of the utilities mentioned – internet data is very costly in India) but I did a ‘my version’ of installation as follows –
1. Made a virtual machine by the specification given on the second link
2. Installed DOS7.2 on HDD (DOS commands only)
3. Did setup as mentioned (D:\setup /p j)
4. The setup started as any other OS setup. I didnt do all those savepoints in between, just continued.
5. Setup completed, OS hanged for the first time. I force rebooted by Host R
6. Everything went well after that. But its lagging.
7. I thought converting my screen from 16 to 32 bit would help, so I installed SciTech Display Doctor and configured as written on the second blog.
8. Having screen converted to 1024×768 32 bit, it was still lagging. The first blog says to install a CPU Idle utility, I installed Rain. (I have an Intel Pentium Pro)
9. After I started Rain, I thought lagging would stop, but it didn’t.
I’m clueless right now. What should I do? Help me. Even if I have to reinstall 98SE on my virtual PC. I just need a stable working 98SE that runs my games 🙁
Thanks for reading.

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      All CPUs produce heat. Post the temp readings & we’ll let you know if it’s too hot or not.

      Your specs are incomplete. We have no idea which CPU you’re running, or the make/model of the motherboard or graphics. All that stuff is important. AMD CPUs need a patch & too much RAM can cause problems.

      How much of the RAM are you allocating to Win98 in your VM? Make sure to keep it under 512MB. And as I pointed out in one of your other posts, do not install any additional programs, games, etc until you get Win98 running properly. I can just about guarantee that you don’t need Rain or CpuIdle…get rid of them & stop looking for a genie in a bottle.

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