I deleted my hard drive, so my system is running off of a boot disk. How can I install a cdrom? I am totally lost on writing code in autoexec and config... I don't know where to begin. Any help?? Thanks Michael

Back for more then? :P a:\>format c: /s (requires format.com) a:\>sys c: (requires sys.com) Will both make c: bootable, but both files need to be from the same OS as you booted with as should mscdex.exe be. a:\>c: c:>md dos c:>copy a:\mscdex.exe c:\dos c:>copy a:\oakcdrom.sys c:\dos c:>copy con autoexec.bat prompt $p$g c:\dos\mscdex /d:nci001 F6 After each line hit the enter key, and at the end hit the F6 key or ^Z to create the file. c:>copy con config.sys device=c:\dos\oakcdrom.sys /d:nci001 F6 oakcdrom.sys can be found all over the internet and is a decent generic cdrom driver for ide cdrom drives. good luck

Autoexec.bat; c:\dos\MSCDEX.exe /D:nci001 /M:10 Ensure the device label (/D:) is the same in both config.sys and autoexec.bat.