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by nannig3

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I have A refurbished Dell Latitude cpi notebook with no OS installed on it. Using windows 98 boot disk to reinstall windows 98, the problem I'm having is using the boot disk you need to use the floppy drive when it
comes to where boot disk loads the drivers for the CD-ROM,the CD-ROM can not be found because you can only have the floppy drive. When you go and switch to the CD-ROM it says D: Can not be found
which is the CD-ROM.How can i get the CD-ROM to run in DOS so I can install windows?

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by ann777

Can you contact Dell for technical support? You should have the serial number on the laptop and they will be able to tell you which model of CD-ROM driver you need.

Dell Latitude CPi --- go to www.dell.com --> support --> input model or serial number --> downloads --> win98, english, all --> and there are three different types of cd-rom drivers for your laptop. Best to call Dell, because with the serial number, they will know which exact one to use.

by mindcrazy

If you are using the Win98SE edition put in the cd rom and set the BIOS to boot to the CD first. Win98SE CD rom is bootable and you can avoid using the floppy drive.

by dcosgrove

I think I answered this allready but, you need the parallel cable for the floppy drive. You can get it at Dell's website for around 15.00.

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