David Gillett wrote:
>
> On 23 Mar 98 at 10:54, Bill Swingle wrote:
>
> > I believe that when you acquire a CD ROM with an IDE interface and
> > you have a newer model machine you plug it in, configure CMOS and
> > W95 recognizes it.
>
>   CD-ROM drives are not generally configured in CMOS.  Win95 will
> recognize and handle virtually all ATAPI/EIDE and SCSI CD-ROM drives
> without additional drivers.
>
> > If it does not recognize it you can put in the appropriate drivers
> > and configure it in config.sys and autoexec.bat.   How about newer
> > CD ROMs in older hardware such as 386 and 486 machines?  Where can
> > I get details on installing CD ROMS on old and new machines?
>
>   Although Win95 may recognize the drive, you may need to install a
> driver through CONFIG.SYS (and MSCDEX in AUTOEXEC.BAT) if you want to
> be able to access the drive from DOS.  It could be important to be
> able to do this if you ever need to reinstall Win95....
>
i have the same problem. win95 doesn't recognize my new 24x cd-rom
drive.
i have to load a driver in autoexec and config.sys for the cd to work.i
get a "dos mode compatability message, but other wise it seems to work
fine.i really don't see any loss in performance, but i'm not sending
rockets to the moon either.
is there any way to correct this?

michael galante