How to Run an Old CD on windows 10

Ok, so i have this disc for Civilization II, and i tried to play it on my windows 10 laptop, but the only thing that ran were the audio files. I'm not the best with computers, and don't know how to fix it, any suggestions?   
Hi, i hope you're doing good today.

Apparently you need to make some tweaks in Windows 10 to make it run, i suggest you to read this thread.

https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/captaink...

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Hi Jack

Civilization II is from 1996, therefore, unless you were to run some sort of emulator, that will not run on Windows 10 as it even pre-dates Windows 98 and Compatibility Mode will not work, sorry . . .
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Hi Jack. I'm Greg, an installation specialist and 9 year Windows MVP, here to help you.

There are some things that work here in the Civ forums: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ2-on-...

I hope this helps. Feel free to ask back any questions and let us know how it goes. I will keep working with you until it's resolved.

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Hi,
unfortunately game is too old. You may try to run it into virtual machine e.g. DOSBox
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