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Installing CD RW Drivers from MS DOS

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by user9261 2 views

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This question is related to an earlier one (Drivers for Freecom 8x4x32)
How can I get my CD RW (Freecom 8x4x2 IDE Internal) drive working from MS DOS. I want to install win95, which is on CD. My CDRW didn't come with any drivers as they are installed when you boot up your computer when running windows. However, i need to get my CD drive working to install windows. I have a win95 boot up disk which i have to use to access dos. I have tried telling my bios to boot from CD but it is not a bootable CD. Also, if i type D: or E: then it says Invalid Drive Specification because i haven't installed any drivers or updated the config.sys, or autoexec.bat.

PLEASE HELP!

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by parbo

You can go to the vendore website and get specific DOS drivers which you then install or this might be the easiest way, get a win98 bootdisk. They come with generic dos drivers for cdrom's. Or go to www.bootdisk.com to download files to create a bootdisk.
good luck

by vertex

You'll need a boot-up disk with support for CD-ROM. The most common type would be the Win98 boot-up disk. If you can't get that, I know for sure you can get off the internet. Just right now I can't remember which site.

by lwe

The first thing you have to do is obtain DOS device driver for the CD RW Drive. You should be able to obtain it from the manufacturer's web site(www.freecom.com). Once you have the driver file, put it on the boot diskette and you need to cause it tobe loaded during the bootup process. You do this by adding the following line to the config.sys file on your DOS boot diskette (you will need to replace xxxxxx.sys with the name of the driver file you obtained from the vendor):

device=xxxxxx.SYS /D:MSCD001

Next the MSCDEX.EXE file must be loaded from autoexec.bat. You add this line to your autoexec.bat file (make sure you copy the mscdex.exe file to the boot diskette):

LH c:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001

by lwe

After reading all the answer to your previous posting of the same problem, I've concluded that you didn't understand what one of the posting was telling you. One of the postings told you to go to bootdisk.com. From there, you can download a file that will create a Windows 98 bootdisk. This will allow you to boot to DOS WITH CD ROM SUPPORT. Then you can go ahead and install your copy of Windows 95.

by jctech

What all the previous responders have been trying to tell you is that regardless whether you have Windows 95 or Windows 98, you CAN USE a Windows 98 floppy boot disk to boot your computer to DOS. The Windows 98 floppy boot disk has drivers for most types of CD ROM drive. When the startup menu appears, select Start with CD ROM Support, and you should then be able to access your CD-RW drive to load Windows.

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