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Way to use diskette to get CD-ROM runnin
Name: John Stockton Date: September 12, 2001 at 06:12:08 Pacific
Comment:
Is there a way to get access to the CD-ROM and Win95 right at boot time by using a diskette? My CD-ROM is having SW troubles caused by trying to get an external CD-RW to work (unsuccessfully) but the diskette drive is working okay. I'm thinking that I could load some code onto the diskette that would get the CD-ROM "initialized" so I could then re-install Win95 that would hopefully correct things.
Name: Cliff Date: September 12, 2001 at 07:00:00 Pacific
Reply:
Create a boot disk from Add/Remove programs Startup Disk tab, should give you CDROM support, if not download one from www.bootdisk.com
Cliff
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Response Number 2
Name: zack Date: September 12, 2001 at 08:53:18 Pacific
Reply:
Win95s startup floppy does not include cdrom support. The one from www.bootdisk.com does have cdrom support, however I kinda doubt if a Win95 reinstall is going to fix your problem. I would suggest that you repost with more details on you cdrom problems.
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Response Number 3
Name: John Stockton Date: September 14, 2001 at 10:44:13 Pacific
Reply:
Responder Number 2 is correct - the method suggested by Responder Number 1 doesn't work. I will go to bootdisk.com and see what is there, then try when I get home.
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