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Article #98Cannot access CD-ROM
From: Frager
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:34
Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:34
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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.
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