Dean Riddle wrote:
>
> >This thing has started happenning recently, because some days ago
> >
> >I could use my CDROM with no trouble.
> >
> >What is wrong? My CDROM is broken?
>
> The first question to ask yourself in this situation is, what changed with
> the computer in the last few days? have you installed any new programs? It
> sounds as if the cdrom driver is no longer being called from the config.sys
> or perhaps mscdex.exe in autoexec.bat. Another question is, what os are you
> using? win 95? Win 95 will disable real mode cdrom device drivers in favor
> of the virtual mode drivers, which sometimes causes the cdrom to stop being
> recognized.
> Hope this helps, Dean
>
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My OS is Win 3.1, DOS 6.2 . Everything has started after I tryed to

install Suse Linux. I was having some problems with the video card. So I

changed my video card to a Trident 89000. By mistake I had configured

the LILO loader in a wrong way. So, I couldn't boot Linux anymore.

Then,I erased the Linux partition,and I used the command: "fdisk /MBR"

(because I would like to remove the LILO boot loader).

The program mscdex.exe is in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file. And the CONFIG.SYS

file is calling the CD driver too.

My CD ROM is a Atapi cdrom and I'm using a driver for Atapi cdrom.

This driver I got from the Internet, because the cdrom's original

driver was not working (The computer stopped during the booting

process). And everything was going fine till some days ago.

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