TO : Tom Turak, Kyle Elmblade and Bob Wright

Gentlemen,

I would like to thank each of you for replying to my previous post and for
the suggestions each provided.  My problem remains unsolved.  Following are
the steps that I took and I would appreciate it if you could indicate where
I went wrong, what I am missing, what other steps I need to take.  Please
bear in mind that I am not a technician nor a DOS specialist, so step by
step instructions would be preferred (I would describe myself as being a
first grader in primary school).  I apologize for the lengthy description.

1.  I booted the system with the Win98 Boot Disk.  When prompted by the
StartUp Menu, I selected option #2:  Start computer without CD-ROM support.

2.  Then the following message displayed on-screen:
            Preparing to start your computer, etc.
            The diagnostic tools were successfully loaded to drive D: (a
virtual drive)
            Device driver not found: 'MSCD000'
            No valid CDROM device drivers selected

3.  At the A:\ prompt, I then proceeded with first FDISK (selecting Y for
large disk support)
        and secondly FORMAT the HD using the /s switch  (a:\>format c: /s)

4.  I inserted the Panasonic CD-ROM drivers diskette and displayed its
content:
        CR_ATAPI  SYS
        DISK            ID
        INSTALL      DAT
        INSTALL      EXE
        README      TXT

5.  At the A:\> prompt I typed  INSTALL
      Then several lines of text displayed:
                    Searching ATAPI CD-ROM drive
                    Detecting PRIMARY PORT
                    I/O Address-1f0h, IRQ=14
                    Found the ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE

                    Installation Menu
                    1. Installation of CD-ROM software only for DOS
operation
                    2. Express installation

6.  At this point, I selected the EXPRESS INSTALLATION and the following
text displayed:
                    Installation of the CD-ROM software to drive C:
                    The directory for installation is  C:\ATACR
                    Files were copied
                    A new config.sys is made
                    A new autoexec.bat is made
                    The MSCDEX is found in the directory as follow:
D:\MSCDEX.EXE
                    Is this MSCDEX installed on the system?  [Y/N]

7.  To that last question I replied 'N' and was prompted to install
MSCDEX.EXE on to C:

8.  So I switched to D: and copied the MSCDEX.EXE file from D: on to C: with
the following command line :  D:\>copy mscdex.exe c:

      The content of C: now reads as follows:
            ATACR        < DIR >
            AUTOEXEC    BAT
            AUTOEXEC    ATA
            COMMAND    COM
            CONFIG          SYS
            CONFIG          ATA

9.  I opened   C:\CONFIG.SYS   to view the content, which reads as follows:
            LASTDRIVE=Z
            REM LASTDRIVE=Z
            REM DEVICE=C:\ATACR\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000 /Q
            DEVICE=C:\ATACR\CR_ATAPI.SYS /D:MSCD000 /Q

10. I opened   C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT  , following is the content:
            D:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD000 /M:15 /V
            PATH=C:\ATACR;%PATH%

HERE I AM STUCK.
1.  What do I need to do next?
2.  How do I install HIMEM.SYS on C:\

Any input would be greatly appreciated.  And again I apologize for the
lengthy description.

Sylvie De Roy
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Montreal - CANADA

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