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TO : Tom Turak, Kyle Elmblade and Bob Wright
Gentlemen,
I would like to thank each of you for replying to my previous post and for
the suggestions each provided. My problem remains unsolved. Following are
the steps that I took and I would appreciate it if you could indicate where
I went wrong, what I am missing, what other steps I need to take. Please
bear in mind that I am not a technician nor a DOS specialist, so step by
step instructions would be preferred (I would describe myself as being a
first grader in primary school). I apologize for the lengthy description.
1. I booted the system with the Win98 Boot Disk. When prompted by the
StartUp Menu, I selected option #2: Start computer without CD-ROM support.
2. Then the following message displayed on-screen:
Preparing to start your computer, etc.
The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D: (a
virtual drive)
Device driver not found: 'MSCD000'
No valid CDROM device drivers selected
3. At the A:\ prompt, I then proceeded with first FDISK (selecting Y for
large disk support)
and secondly FORMAT the HD using the /s switch (a:\>format c: /s)
4. I inserted the Panasonic CD-ROM drivers diskette and displayed its
content:
CR_ATAPI SYS
DISK ID
INSTALL DAT
INSTALL EXE
README TXT
5. At the A:\> prompt I typed INSTALL
Then several lines of text displayed:
Searching ATAPI CD-ROM drive
Detecting PRIMARY PORT
I/O Address-1f0h, IRQ=14
Found the ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE
Installation Menu
1. Installation of CD-ROM software only for DOS
operation
2. Express installation
6. At this point, I selected the EXPRESS INSTALLATION and the following
text displayed:
Installation of the CD-ROM software to drive C:
The directory for installation is C:\ATACR
Files were copied
A new config.sys is made
A new autoexec.bat is made
The MSCDEX is found in the directory as follow:
D:\MSCDEX.EXE
Is this MSCDEX installed on the system? [Y/N]
7. To that last question I replied 'N' and was prompted to install
MSCDEX.EXE on to C:
8. So I switched to D: and copied the MSCDEX.EXE file from D: on to C: with
the following command line : D:\>copy mscdex.exe c:
The content of C: now reads as follows:
ATACR < DIR >
AUTOEXEC BAT
AUTOEXEC ATA
COMMAND COM
CONFIG SYS
CONFIG ATA
9. I opened C:\CONFIG.SYS to view the content, which reads as follows:
LASTDRIVE=Z
REM LASTDRIVE=Z
REM DEVICE=C:\ATACR\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000 /Q
DEVICE=C:\ATACR\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000 /Q
10. I opened C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT , following is the content:
D:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /V
PATH=C:\ATACR;%PATH%
HERE I AM STUCK.
1. What do I need to do next?
2. How do I install HIMEM.SYS on C:\
Any input would be greatly appreciated. And again I apologize for the
lengthy description.
Sylvie De Roy
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Montreal - CANADA
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