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i have just got hold of an old computer and formated it now i can not get the cd rom to work i have the dos driver and know how to install it but it can not find MSCDEX.exe i can not install it or i am doing it wrong.
im not very versed in ms-dos any info will be helpful instructions and downloads would be very helpful. the cd rom is a matsus---a kotobuki cr 581b
the mscdex.exe file must be located in a directory that is specified in the path, so either edit the path statement to include it, or make a copy of it in the root directory (c:\)
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thank you for that but like i said im am in the learning process so STEP BY STEP instructions would be very helpful
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In dos mscdex.exe is normally in the dos directory. Two (or three) files are used to install the cdrom. The very basic setup is:
in the autoexec.bat file
c:\dos\mscdex /d:xxxx
in the config.sys file
device=c:\cdromdir\drivername.sys /d:xxxx
unless you're using a scsi cdrom in which case you need to add an aspi manager before calling the cdrom driver
device=c:\hostadapter\aspidrivername
device=c:\cdromdir\drivername.sys /d:xxxxin either case, the string is case sensative, so you need to have the exact string in both the autoexec.bat and config.sys files where you use
/d:xxxx
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please do not get pissed off with me (lol)
how do i access the autoexec.bat file as i have said i have formated the hard drive and can not do it in windows (if you can at all that is ) please tell me in lamus terms.
i will take heed of you teaching oh wise ones!!!!!! lol
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Changing the autoexec.bat file is done with a text editor on a boot disk or the hard drive. The command would be
edit autoexec.bat
The editor will make this file if there isn't one. Learning all this will take time, patience!
I'll send you a text editor and some CD stuff in email.
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if you cant access edit or a text editor, you can copy through the console to create the file:
C:\> copy con autoexec.bat
mscdex.exeAfter you had typeped the above, you would hold down CONTROL and press Z and it would save the file AUTOEXEC.BAT with the line "mscdex.exe" in it. The same with config.sys:
C:\>copy con config.sys
device=cdrom.sys /d:xxxxthen press control-z to save the file "config.sys".
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when i install my driver it says:
modify CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT?
Copy C:\CONFIG.SYS C:\CONIG.OLD
1 file copied
Copy C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\AUTOEXEC.OD
1 file copied
Modifing C:\CONFIG.SYS File...
Modifing C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT File...WARNING!
MSCDEX.EXE does not exist in C:\DOS. Contact your operating system supplier.
What should i do?????
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Hey,
have you solved your problem?
Your problem is simple. If you don't have MSCDEX.exe, download the file from the internet. put tyhe file in your root directory(C:\)
Whenever your are prompted to indicate where the MScdex file is, change the path name to c:\
The program will automatically pick it up.
dont't worry about c:\dos
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