My Pentium 200-MMX computer is not working. I can't get into Windows 95 because I am missing some files, but I can get into Safe Mode Command Prompt Only. I need to copy the files from the Windows 95 CD to my hard drive, but I can't get to the D:\> drive from DOS, when ever I type in d:, it says "Invalid Drive Specification". I can get to A:\> drive prompt (floppy drive), but something is wrong with my computer, the floppy drive light stays on (although the drive itself works) and the computer says that the drive isn't ready. If anyone can help me on either how to access my D:\> CDROM drive or how to fix my floppy drive problem, I would appreciate it. (my CDROM drive is an ATAPI 44x drive and my config.sys file is completely blank, but I do have the drivers for my CDROM drive, I just don't know what the files are called)

it is likely that your floppy drive is having problem as well, or may be that floppy disk you are using is corrupted. try another floppy disk and see how it works. =) if you have the floppy drive working with a floppy boot disk. from the boot disk, you should be able to choose an option which say something support cdrom using command prompt (though i am not quite sure at this point). hope that help =)

Well, if you have the DOS driver for the CD drive, then you need to set up your config.sys device=c:\windows\command\atapi.sys /D:MSCD001 you may need to edit that to the actual location & name of your driver Also autoexec.bat c:\windows\command\mscdex /D:MSCD001 That's the basic configuration - there are refinements, but those should get the job done. Typically if the FDD light stays on then its cable is reversed - but if you're able to use it, then something else is up. You could check and see if it's identified correctly in the BIOS. Seems like there are some bigtime problems with your machine - if copying the files doesn't do the trick, try posting a detailed description of your difficulties in the Win9x forum.

If the drive is an IDE CD-ROM, the driver OAKCDROM.SYS should work. You can find it on the driver guide. Make sure that boot disk of yours has your CD-ROM drivers and a copy of MSCDEX.exe. If you need to make a new one, and can't get to windows, type in from the command prompt: SYS A: or if the disk is not formatted FORMAT A: /S Besides MSCDEX.exe and your cdrom drivers, you need the following files on that disk: ATTRIB EDIT FDISK FORMAT MOVE MSD (after you get your CD-ROM to work, it's somewhere on the Win95 CD) SCANDISK SYS UNDELETE (I think it's also on the Win95 CD) XCOPY & XCOPY32 (I think that is for preserving long file names) For simple convenience purposes, you may also want DOSKEY for command history. Remember to use wildcards for the extension when copying files to the boot disk. Ex: COPY C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANDISK.* A: will copy both SCANDISK.exe and SCANDISK.INI, both of which are needed. You may also want the DOSSHELL for the convenience of a GUI. (Came with DOS 4, 5, and 6). (still wondering why Microsoft threw out DOSSHELL) Now, in the CONFIG.SYS file from the boot disk, you'll want this line: DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:CDROM assuming that OAKCDROM.SYS is your CD-ROM driver. In the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you'll want the following: PROMPT $p$g A:\MSCDEX.exe /D:CDROM Also, if you want to use the command history (DOSKEY), you'll add A:\DOSKEY.COM to AUTOEXEC.BAT. If you can get the DOSSHELL, you may want to add it to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. A:\DOSSHELL.EXE. So the CONFIG.SYS file should consist of: DEVICE=A:\OAKCDROM.SYS /D:CDROM AUTOEXEC.BAT should be (italicized are optional) PROMPT $p$g A:\MSCDEX.exe /D:CDROM A:\DOSKEY.COM A:\DOSSHELL.EXE

I tried reversing the floppy drive cable, and now the light on the drive stopped staying on, but when I start the computer up (after it does the RAM check), it says "Floppy Drive Error, press f1 to resume" or something like that, and the computer will still go into DOS, but the floppy drive won't work, because when I type in a: at the command prompt, it says something like "drive seek error. Abort, retry or fail?". I have even tried another floppy drive (that works on other computers), but I still get errors.