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best way is to make a win98 floppy to boot from....it contains info to
start the cdrom BTW can bios see the cdrom drive??
if it doesnt work with win98 floppy it is non standard....
what type of machine is it anyway...a little more info would help to
give more definitive info.....it is not beyond possibility that CDrom
has failed.....to be sure i would take along a new cd drive....you can
buy brand new ones for around $25.00 these days [i am assuming that
the computer is modern enough to have a standard atapi ide cdrom - ie
pentium 100 or better]......i wouldnt base a 2 hr trip on a chance
that the floppy will work...even though the model # is similar
On Wed, 5 May 2004 15:34:19 +0100, "Frager" <Frager@false.address>
wrote:

>Four years ago I gave my sister my old computer, running Windows 95.
>
>Recently it booted straight to "It is now safe to turn off your computer"
>and was unusable.
>
>I ran Norton Disk Doctor for Windows 95/98 and found several damaged files
>which were repaired.
>
>When I rebooted I get an error message saying that Windows needs to be
>reinstalled because c:\windows\system\shell32.dll is missing.
>
>Unfortunately I cannot access the CD ROM Drive and I have lost the floppy
>that came with it.
>
>We have the original Win95 disk
>
>The cd-rom drive is a VUEGO Model No 665A-004   (6 speed)
>
>I found a driver for Vuego 685A - 144.
>
>The program I downloaded is 610a211.exe which I have on a 3.5 floppy.
>
>Should this work on the 665 model?
>
>Is it now just a simple matter of booting to DOS , running this program and
>then reinstalling Windows 95?
>
>My sister is a two hour drive away and I would like to have all information
>before I undertake the  trip.
>
> Any comments would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Apologies if this post is too long.
>

relloman