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Does anyone know where to download the correct CDROM DOS driver for Windows 98 SE. I'm working on a bootable sitck for Windows. I have used utilities to make it bootable like a Windows 98 boot disk but I cannot get access to the laptop CDROM.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
... here's a different work around, read > #Response Number 11 < click
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Acer doesn't show any dos drivers related to that model. Do you know the model number of the DVD drive? We may be able to hunt down drivers that way.
Help me Jebus!
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I found the Mitsumi cd rom driver worked on most drives.
Try these: http://download.cnet.com/Mitsumi-CD...
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How would one go about getting the model # of the drive? Or are you asking about the manufacturer? All I know to do is look in the BIOS:
ATAPI Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N
I have XP loaded on the hard drive, and the device manager gives basically the same string above. Also it says it is using the driver Afc.sys from Arcsoft, Inc.
Just as a side note, loading XP Home on the Acer had its own set of driver issues. The hardest to fix was the LAN which I had to hunt the driver program from Acer's web page using a different model laptop, as they don't support XP for the 5534. Use this for anyone attempting this: LAN_Realtek_5.639.0118.2006_XPx86. I had to load the driver manually as this XP Home was cloned from another machine. Reloading the operating system may prevent this, not sure.
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Using oakcdrom.sys gives this:
No drives found, aborting installation.Using the Mitsumi driver mtmcdai.sys gives this:
ERROR: Unable to detect ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive
ATAPI IDE CD-ROM device driver not loaded.I've also tried ACTCD.SYS, not luck.
Config.sys file[menu]
menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support.
menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support.
menuitem=HELP, View the Help file.
menudefault=CD,30
menucolor=7,0[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
rem device=mtmcdai.sys /D:mscd001
device=btdosm.sys
device=flashpt.sys
device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=aspi2dos.sys
device=aspi8dos.sys
device=aspi4dos.sys
device=aspi8u2.sys
device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001[NOCD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off[HELP]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off[COMMON]
files=10
buffers=10
dos=high,umb
stacks=9,256
devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048
lastdrive=z
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The HDD is Hitachi, without actually opening up the laptop, which is crazy, I think the GU10N is a Hitachi SATA - DVD drive.
http://www.iol.unh.edu/services/tes...
HLDS (Hitachi LG Data Storage) GT10N (FW:1.00, SSCON) SATA IL APPROVED 1
HLDS (Hitachi LG Data Storage) GU10N (FW:mz13, SSCON) SATA IL APPROVED 1
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If the loading screen says it's atapi then that's what it probably is, although I too found references to SATA. Generic IDE/atapi/ATA drivers like the ones you've tried often don't work on laptops that seem to need proprietary ones.
The Dell Inspiron 1370 (and probably others) also used that drive but I found no dos drivers there either.
You might try GCDROM.SYS. It's a dos driver that works with SATA and, I think, atapi as well. You can download it here:
http://ibiblio.net/pub/micro/pc-stu...
Just download the GCDROM23.ZIP and unzip it. The 2.4 download has the 'start from scratch' files--himem.sys, mscdex.exe, etc.
If that doesn't work you may be stuck with downloading various Acer dos cdrom drivers for their other models and see if they work. You can start here:
http://list.driverguide.com/list/DO...
and
http://drivertools.wordpress.com/do...Help me Jebus!
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... try this file click> ATAPMGR.SYS ...Firefox may have download issues
... config.sys loads as follows:
DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=ATAPMGR.SYS******************************************************
... perhaps #Response Number 2 suggestion might be too much "gui" for some!... worth having a mess with and it'll see your dvd drive plus tools galore and a command prompt if its too much!
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Response #9 works!
GCDROM.SYS.
[config.sys]
DEVICE=IDE\GCDROM.SYS /D:MSCD000 /C0
output:
Driver name is "MSCD000"
Unit 0: Secondary-master, HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GU10N, PIO mode.
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