>>         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
>
>
>Windows95 does not require any special boot files beyond the Command.com
>in order to load...  Try loading from the hard drive.
>
>You will need to make a directory on your C drive called:
>Cab_files.    At the DOS prompt type:  mkdir c:\cab_files   [press enter]
>
>Then insert your CD in the drive and change to the Windows install files:
>    At the DOS Prompt type:  d:  [press enter]  then:  cd win95  [press
enter]
>Now copy all the files in that directory to the hard drive:  At the DOS
>prompt type: copy *.* c:\cab_files [press enter]
>
>Now, go to the 'C' drive:   type:   C:  [press enter]
>Then, change to the cab-files directory:  type:  CD c:\cab_files [press
enter]
>Now, the DOS prompt should be:   c:\cab_files
>Just type:  Setup  [press enter]
>
>Now it will setup from the hard drive and the CD drive is not in the
equation.
>

        Boy this a pain !!

        I finally figured out how to get the CR-ROM drivers loaded (even went so
far as to make up a disk image of a Windows 98 Boot Disk and exchange all
the ATAPI drivers for the old Matsushita driver).

        I have reformated the hard drive, rebooted on the installation boot disk,
got the CD-ROM online but the whole install still freezes up just after the
disclaimer screen in the Windows install (tried both Win95 and
Win98.......same result).

        I don't get it.......I have been butting heads with this thing for days
now.......If I paid myself minimum wage for the time I have spent with this
I could have bought a new machine :(

        Any ideas?

        Doug White

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