At 10:57 PM 12/05/1999 , Doug White wrote:
>         I have an old Pentium 100 that just experienced a hard drive crash.  I
>replaced the old drive with another one that I scavenged out of another old
>box.
>
>         However, I am having a problem loading Windows back on.  It has an older
>Matsushita CD-ROM drive (4X I think) and I can't get it to load up with the
>generic CD driver that comes on the Windows Boot disk.
>
>         How do I get a CD driver loaded for an older drive like this so that I can
>do the regular boot/Windows CD installation?

First you will need to read on the drive the exact model number for the drive.
Then download the proper driver for it from there site:
http://www.mei.co.jp/corp/Download/cdromdriver_e.html
(this comes from our list of CD Rom driver web sites listed on the NOSPIN
Links page).


installation: copy the driver downloaded to your boot floppy
disk.   Add the following lines to your Config.sys &
Autoexec.bat on the floppy:

Config.sys:

device=(driver you downloaded) /d:001

Autoexec.bat:

mscdex.exe /d:001

(*Note: be sure the mscdex.exe & (driver you downloaded) files are loaded on your
floppy disk)

This should enable your CD Rom if it is still in working order.

     Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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