I have a 486DX4, Toshiba XM5402B CDR IDE. I FORMATTED, and now Installing CD Floppy. I get the following; "CDROM Device Driver Install Target Directory (Must include Drive Name) [C:\CDROMDRV ] <<<<I typed D, I was wrong. "You must have MSCDEX.exe File (CD-ROM Driver) Exists in C: Please copy MSCDEX.exe File into C: (Any Directory), Then Re-run this program. Can anyone explain what the DOS path name should be, the command for finding & copying the file into C: ???? Thanks!! A Windows Dummy & have the books to prove it!! :-)

dont really understand your problem??? but the path should be something like this path=c:\dos;c:\ if its windows youve got try path=c:\windows;c:\windows\command;c:\ for help on the copy command, try copy /? at the dos command prompt

Could you post the contents of your autoexec.bat (c:\autoexec.bat) and config.sys (c:\config.sys) so we could mull them over and spot any potential causes? Wait a sec, are you installing a DOS CD-ROM driver and it's asking you for the location of mscdex? Try "c:\dos\mscdex.exe" or "c:\windows\command\mscdex.exe"...

I finally figured out it was asking me to include the file path, plus put the DRV on the end of the extension. That porblem solved. Thanks. C:CDROMDRV\MSDEX.EXE\DRV was what is wanted in the blue box. It then told me, A:\copy MSCDEX.exe C:\ 1 File copied A: INSTALL from Toshiba disk gave me Copying D011V110.SYS Power off/on Thanks!!

Ummm...sounds like a weird thing it was asking for but thanks for updating us on your progress! :)

AFTER install: At Power ON I saw DRIVE E: = Driver MSCD001 Unit 0. [Thinking it is telling me the CDROM is in Drive E: when I want it to be in drive D:, I typed;] A:\>D: D:\>SETUP Response: CDR101: Not Ready Reading Drive E: D:\>E: E:\>SETUP Response: CDR101: Not Ready Reading Drive E: ABORT/RETRY/FAIL SO I checked in C:\> DIR And the response; "Volume in Drive C has no Label, Volume Serial Number is 080B-1C07, Directory C:" And there sits the file MSCDEX.EXE, CDROMDRV , CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT I tried to MOVE MSCDEX.EXE, C:\>MOVE MSCDEX.exe D: Reply, "Bad Command or File Name" So where did I go wrong?? I trying to put whatever is necessary into D: to get the CDROM to work. Thanks!

Ok, lemme explain CD-ROM driver setup since it sounds like your installation program didn't work. There are a total of four files that must be in existence for it to work. You need a DOS driver for the CD-ROM which is what your installation program should have installed. It will be a *.sys file. Then you need mscdex.exe (MicroSoft CD-rom EXtension or something like that.) Finally you need a properly set up config.sys and autoexec.bat. Your config.sys file should look at minimum something like this: -----[Config.sys]----- Device=C:\Dos\Himem.sys DeviceHigh=C:\[cd-rom driver path]\[cd-rom driver].sys /d:CDROM01 ----[Autoexec.bat]---- LH C:\Dos\Mscdex.exe /d:CDROM01 /l:[drive letter] The /d:'s specify a driver name to be used. In my example CDROM01, in your post above MSCD001. The /d: on the *.sys file in config.sys and the /d: on mscdex.exe MUST match for this to work. Then there is the /l: switch in autoexec.bat on mscdex.exe that specifies what drive letter to use. That letter must not be taken up by a hard drive or floppy or something loaded by the BIOS, however. I assume that it gave you drive E: cause drive D: was already taken. It sounds like you have two drives set up for your one CD-ROM or something weird, though, so I dunno. One final note. By the DIR listing you gave above it sounds like your system is possibly really screwy. If MOVE gives you a bad command or filename I somewhat doubt that you actually have DOS installed. If this is the case, then himem.sys is probably not on the system and you'll not be able to use the config.sys provided. Also there will be no C:\Dos\Mscdex.exe. If I were you I would install DOS for real, then use the config.sys and autoexec.bat files I provided.