Hi, im using my old laptop...and whenever i connect my cd rom to it thru a PCMCIA-IDE PC CARD (IBM), and go to my comp...i cant see my cd rom drive there....why is that?? how do i solve it??? thanx

From Computing.Net Post 104436 Windows 95: Name: Krystyna Date: February 23, 2002 at 04:00:22 Pacific Subject: laptop boot paradox Reply: CDROM Drivers on Laptop with swappable CDROM / Floppy 1. Make the hard drive bootable by using FORMAT C: /S or SYS C: 2. Copy these four files to the C: drive a. mscdex.exe b. cdrom.sys ( which is your own specific cdrom driver ) c. autoexec.bat d. config.sys 3. AUTOEXEC.BAT needs only this line C:\MSCDEX.exe /D:MSCD001 4. CONFIG.SYS needs only this line DEVICE=C:\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 5. Mscdex.exe is on the Win 95 boot disk 6. Autoexec.bat and Config.sys can be edited using Notepad 7. Change the config.sys to show your own cdrom driver. Drivers that might work are ATAPICD.SYS or VIDE-CDD.SYS You will need to download a driver if you don't have one handy 8. Once the files are on the hard drive, you can boot with the cdrom in place and the drivers will be accessed from the hard drive. Your cdrom will be D: drive Good luck.