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Carroll Grigsby <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 7 Jun 2001 08:26:24 -0400
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Mel:
Go to the FreePCTech site and download the boot floppy that is
appropriate for your version of Windows. It will include a number of
CDROM drivers, and one of them should work. I've had very good results
with these disks.
Regards,
Carroll Grigsby


Mwelwa Mofya wrote:
>
> I have an IBM Thinkpad with an external CDROM drive. I just reformated
> my harddrive but forgot to backup my drivers for the CD drive. Now in
> order for me to reinstall the operating system, I will need the CD
> drive. I have found drivers for it but the file is too big to fit on a
> floppy disk and it won't allow me to break it up into smaller files.
> Is there a way I can install the drivers maybe using serial ports or
> someting? Or any other way that I could get around this?
> Thank you in advance
> Mel.
>

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