At 03:01 PM 02/27/2000 , Sylvie De Roy wrote:
>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.


Do not apologize for giving us all the details, it makes helping so much
easier and other benefit from reading all the details.

I noted that you did not list MSCDEX.EXE as existing on the "C" drive
now.  Does it and is this only an omission?  You will need it there and
you need to change the line in your AUTOEXEC.bat from:
      D:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /V
  to:      C:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /V

As far as the HIMEM.SYS, locate the file on your Boot Floppy and copy
it to the "C" drive.  C:\>copy a:\himem.sys c:\  [press enter]

Then add this line as the first line in your Config.sys:
      DEVICE=C:\himem.sys

So, that your Config.sys reads:

             DEVICE=C:\HIMEM.SYS
             LASTDRIVE=Z
             DEVICE=C:\ATACR\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000 /Q

The lines that have been "remarked" out or have the statement
REM at the front of them can be removed or left alone...  they are
not being read by Windows at boot anyway, (that is what the REM
statement does).

You should be able to boot from the C drive now and the CD Rom
drive should work.

I hope that helps...

     Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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