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Re: CD not working with DOS

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From: Art LaCroix(MS_MVP/DTS/ClubWin)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:00
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Hi,

What you need to do is install DOS CD-ROM drivers.  If you don't have the
floppy with the drivers, try the Gateway site for them..  Install them from
the DOS mode and that should do it, good-luck!

Cheers,
Art LaCroix (MS_MVP/ClubWin)


Jen_Ruggiero <Jen_Ruggiero@ims.msn.com> wrote in message
news:OyKCax7B$GA.227@cpmsnbbsa05...
> My little brother posted this in another NG, but I thought I'd help him
out
> by posting it here as well.  If you have any ides how to help him, please
> let us know.
>
> Thanks!
>
>   - Jennifer
> -----
> Lone Starr <Quatermain@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:<ufTjtm5B$GA.227@cppssbbsa03>...
> I'm using a Gateway portable PC, a 2500 XL. It's a great system, don't get
> me wrong, but there's just one downfall- I can't use MS-DOS. I've got an
> older system which I used DOS on all the time, and still like to use it
> every now and then. On my portable, when I go to Restart in MS-DOS mode,
it
> does so, but without enabling my CD-ROM. When I type D:\, I get "Invalid
> drive specification." And there's no "Run Applications in MS-DOS Mode" PIF
> on my Windows 98 desktop. I know that's what I need to run CD-ROM programs
> in full DOS mode, so how do I get one?
>
>
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Subject: Re: CD not working with DOS
Date: 1999/09/27
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