>Date:    Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:29:22 -0700
>From:    Bob Wright <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Installing CD-ROM Driver
>
>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
>

        Bingo!  We have the CR-ROM driver loaded!

        But now I have another problem.  I try to run the setup program for
Windows 95 of the CD and I get just past the disclaimer screen and the
setup program freezes.  It seems like it is going back to drive A looking
for something and freezes when it can't find it.

        I am booting from a disk in drive A that I copied the system files and the
CD-ROM driver files to.  Do I need one if those installation boot disks?  I
have one for Windows 98 but it fails because the ATAPI driver on the disk
doesn't work with the older CD-ROM I have on this machine.

        Is there any configuration method of getting around this installation freeze?

        Doug White

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