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Date: | Wed, 8 Dec 1999 14:30:56 -0800 |
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>> 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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>
>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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