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Article #3316Re: CD not working with DOS
From: Art LaCroix(MS_MVP/DTS/ClubWin)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 00:00
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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