dm2 digital music mixer

[WorlWydeHusla]

for Christmas my cousin got me a dm2 digital music mixer...BUT it needs windows 98 OR Millenium Edition(ME) but i have XP pro...so he figured it would work...but guess what...it doesnt...im no sure if the store will take it back and i will not go back to ME or 98 from teh xp pro i have now...i checked the site for patches www.mixman.com but u have to pay for the compatible versions...

i installed it fine but the acutal controller (mini turntable) wont work...so i was wondering if there was a driver or like a fix to play on xp pro out there...i know NOTHING bout these things and ANY help would be greatly apprecitaed...so plz help...cause im dieing to try it out

ALSO> i have an OLD computer from like 1995 but it doesnt have any USB ports and it has windows 95...i was wondering if there is such a thing like a adapter to go from a port there to a USB...but thats a really stupid question that proabbly seems dumb to you

any help GREATLY APPRECIATED

[Armadillo]

why not just dual boot xp and 98 then just use 98 for that,then when you are finished go back to xp

[WorlWydeHusla]

say what now? go easy one me man u lost we on the 4th word lol

[Armadillo]

dual boot it so when you boot the pc up you will get a choice of booting into xp or 98 ,then select 98 when you wanna use the mix thingy ,then when you are finished reboot into xp.

But i cant remember how to do it ,there should be a guide on the net somewhere or some1 with better knowledge than me can tell you how to do it

[WorlWydeHusla]

ok but will teh files be the same? like say i save them to a folder called MIX on my desktop...when i rebott from 98 to XP will they be there?

and with this method i need to grab a copy of 98

thanks

[Jedi Master]

to dual boot u have to install one OS to one hard drive and the other OS to a second harddrive.

or

One OS one partition and the other OS to another partition.

If u save something in one u can see it in the other.

[WorlWydeHusla]

oh so i could install 98 on my second drive...i have 15gb on one and 2.7gb in another..but their almost full...i have to make space lol...so its just that easy...so i could grab a win98 cd and install to hard drive d and when i start my comp it will ask me wether i want to boot in 98 or XP? there has to be more

would this effect how i play games, run programs etc...like compatibility issues?

thanks

[Jedi Master]

Ive got 98se and 2k installed,i boot in to 2k only when im burning dvdr's as 2k ive got a ntfs partition,i boot into 98 for every thing.Having the 2 OS dones effect each other ,i have'nt had a problem.

You install on OS on one drive and the other OS on the second harddrive,then when u boot up you will get a option to to choose to boot into 98 or xp in your case.

[WorlWydeHusla]

just that simple? seriously? i grab a win98 cd...throw it into the cd drive(hopefully not lol) install on my drive d restart...when i do it asks if i want xp pro or 98? thats so cool...

acutally i dunno what drive its on...cause i have a lot of data files that drive d that came with the computer...u sure it wont overwrtie xp? give me some names of crucial xp pro files so i can see what drive its on

or wait...which ever drive has the windows folder with ALL that stuff inside...is that xp pro?