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CD-ROM in DOS
Name: Derrick Nation Date: January 26, 2002 at 18:44:38 Pacific
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Could someone tell me the steps I'd need to take and the files I'd need to initiate a CD-ROM in DOS using only a boot disk? My laptop has crashed and I need to get the CD-ROM running before I can reinstall Windows. Any help given would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!
Name: N Kumar Date: January 28, 2002 at 05:13:30 Pacific
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I NEED TO INSTALL WINDOWS 95 or 98 on MS DOS 6.22. i need someones' help. dos is not accepting the CD drive. how do i do it? i need urgent reply. please someone help me
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Response Number 3
Name: yves Date: January 30, 2002 at 07:30:46 Pacific
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You need to use a floppy bootable disk. If you have a second computer (win98): Control panel, add remove programs,create a boot disk
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Response Number 4
Name: F Shariff Date: January 30, 2002 at 16:07:46 Pacific
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I have a similar problem. I'm trying to reformat my computer and I'm using a boot disk to start up my CD-ROM. The problem is that it gives me an error saying: CDR-101: Not ready reading drive D.
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