adamlewis

So my girlfriend just got a new laptop...2.4gHz and all that jazz...but it has XP on it. Now, as far as I know, theres no way to boot into DOS using XP. Youre also supposed to run the Haltech from DOS, right?

So, my question is could I just run it in XP like I do with the Demo? Or could I run it from a command prompt or something? Or do I have to be in DOS to do it?...

rotarysc

you can run it fine, but i'm not for sure that the connectivity will work...

adamlewis

Well damn...Whats the point of running it if I cant connect with it!

rotarysc

Time to reformat your drive for dual boot

adamlewis

So it wont connect in XP?

Formatting isnt an option...Like I said, its my girlfriends computer...

tims

so far I have not heard of anyone getting the program to work with XP, problems communicating through the serial port. old laptop or long serial cable from a win95 or earlier operating system. 98 may work, but I use win95.

adamlewis

Well damn. Thanks for the replies guys.

jeremy

iTrader: (1)

i got it to. i created a dos boot disk or something. i did this when helping mike-p-28 on his cosmo powered 1st gen. it was last summer though so i don't remember exactly how i did it now but it is very possible. i also had to lower the connect speed on the serial port i believe. like i said it was a while ago. not sure why haltech doesn't make it more compatible.

rotarysc

Try getting a hold of Hitman, he may have a solution for ya. He seems to be the foremost expert.