Re: Installing a CD drive in DOS*

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From: D
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1998 00:00

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Zef wrote:
> 
> Some kid wiped nearly every bit of info off my mother's 486, and I'm stuck
> with fixing it :)
> It orginally had Windows 95 and a CDROM drive that worked fine... Now I can
> only get as far as the DOS prompt...
> 
> So I've got her orginal Windows 95 CDROM, and downloaded the original CDROM
> drivers off the Net (it's a Goldstar x4, SoundBlaster compatiable)...
> 
> Problem is that I can't get DOS to recognise the CD-ROM drive, so I can't
> install windows...
> I keep getting the message "MSCD001 not found"
> 
> Any help or tips would be much appreciated...
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Zef
> eMail zef@zefamedia.co.nz
Pointing correctly file mscdex.exe is a important factor, but other
problems may occur when you have more than one harddrive.

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Date: 1998/08/01
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