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Article #490Re: Installing a CD drive in DOS*
From: DRS
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 00:00
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Zef wrote in message <35BE624B.D39CEF0E@zefamedia.co.nz>... :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... Your config.sys should have a line that looks like this (substitute your own CD driver): DEVICEHIGH=C:\CDPRO\VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:MSCD001 Your autoexec.bat should have a line that looks like this: LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /V -- Beware of the Spam-Dog
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