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c disk not booting (CD-Rom inaccess
Name: kyliecoast Date: February 22, 2004 at 01:48:23 Pacific OS: None yet, just boot disk CPU/Ram: Intel Pentium MMX 200 32m
Comment:
I am trying to make bootable an old pentium. Theres no partition, A: drive is accessable but the CD-ROm drive is not. I need dos CD-ROM drivers so that I can use the Win 95 setup CD to make a C: partition. Or how can I format C:\ drive so that I can install CD drivers on hard drive (which I need to get, but where from) ? I have tried using files from my XP computer like format.com but it says "cannot be run in dos mode". There used to be some mscdex files or something to get cds to work but I can't find those
Summary: HI, I've got a problem where my system is not recognising the fact that the CD rom drive is attached to the computer. When I try to install a generic driver, an error message comes up on the screen sa...
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Summary: You have some kind of boot floppy? If you do boot and enter SYS C:. Then boot to C: and install the cd rom driver in a directory. If you have your old config.sys and autoexec.bat files, copy a...
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