Bryan

I have seen this happen before. What I would do is copy the data off of the
CD_ROM to the HD in a temporary directory(C:\INSTEMP) and install it from
there. There could be any number of causes. I am guessing that this is a
Creative Labs 2X CD-ROM. If you are using the real mode drivers to access
the CD-ROM(lines in config.sys and autoexec.bat)that will cause some things
to work just not quite as they should. The CD-ROM will be in compatibility
mode. The other option is that between the CD-ROM and that CD and the way
it was made things are off just enough to make it not work.

B Coe CM Productions


At 10:58 PM 3/30/98 EST, you wrote:
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: CD-ROM Won't Read
>
>A friend has a P166 with Win95 and a 2x CD-ROM drive. He bought IBM Simply
>Speaking Gold and found it would not install. He can view the directory
>listing on the CD, including setup.exe, but when he double-clicks setup.exe,
>he gets a message to the effect that the file does not exist or cannot be
>found.
>
>IBM sent him a new CD. Same result. Then he got a CD with a destop publishing
>program and it installed fine.
>
>My friend speculates that the 2x drive is too old, not good enough for Simply
>Speaking. Is such a thing possible? Is there any possibility of other
hardware
>concerns playing a role in this problem?
>
>Why would the CD drive work with everything but one program?
>
>Bryan S. Tyson
>Greenville SC
>
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