It would be more convenient to put the MOO2 CD away and run its contents from one of my hard drives. Lord Brazen's Game Setup guide for XP covers installation for MOO2's DOS version but not its Win95 version. To cut to the point, this is the part I'm wondering about:
Would step 2 also apply to a Win95 installation? More specifically, has anyone (that we know of) ever encountered problems after running the Win95 version completely off a hard drive?Step 2: Copy the entire CD onto the hard drive (optional step)
In order to speed up the game, I recommend you now copy the entire contents of the CD into the C:\MPS\ORION2 folder. When you are copying you can feel free to say 'Yes to All' when it asks to overwrite the files. Once all the files are copied you will need to edit the 'ORIONCD.INI' file within the C:\MPS\ORION2 folder. Change the top line in the file to C:\MPS\ORION2\
Btw, in this situation, my CD/DVD drive works almost as fast as my hard drives. The speed difference is negligible. In fact, some portions of the game run faster than I'd prefer (such as my Human research/breakthrough screen starring Sean Connery).