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win98 boot disk / cd rom support
Name: Menno van Rijn Date: April 9, 1999 at 02:20:29 Pacific
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I have a 486DX2/66 - 24Mb RAM - 420Mb HD with the HD formatted because of a recent crash. I can't reinstall anything because a win95 boot disk (even with cd-rom support) won't recognize the Mitsumi 4 speed CRMC-FX400D cd-rom drive. Does anybody have a win98 boot disk for me? I have heard these give the best chance for recognising cd-rom's. I already have the win98 cd-rom.
Name: Ronnie Ratt Date: April 9, 1999 at 02:35:55 Pacific
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If you don't have MSCDEX.exe in your C: you can't install your CD-Rom drivers, everyone should have this file so if you know someone to copy it from - get it and copy it to your C: then install the CD-Rom and you can install Windows. Of course if you have MSCDEX.exe installed then try your other option.
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Response Number 2
Name: ergmiester Date: April 9, 1999 at 10:54:27 Pacific
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Mscdex should be on the boot disk if it has cd rom suport. Try this, use the Boot disk and hit f8 when starting win95 flashes on the screen. Choose step by step confermation. watch the messages as each driver loads. When it loads cdide.sys it should say that the controller was detected. Then another .sys driver is loaded for the cd rom and see if it is detected. If no messages try a /v switch or similar (use the /? switch for help)
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Response Number 3
Name: Ronnie Ratt Date: April 12, 1999 at 02:08:58 Pacific
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You can type in your search engine ; 98boot.exe and this should lead you to the site to download it, I forgot where I got it from. It is not a boot disk but you can make one from it with all the files you need for Cd-Rom support.
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Response Number 4
Name: garcia saul Date: April 28, 1999 at 13:02:54 Pacific
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if you have not found the correct boot dosk let me know i have plany of copys. will find the way to get it running let me know ok saul
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Response Number 5
Name: Doug Date: June 29, 1999 at 13:22:05 Pacific
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Here you go. Here is what you have been looking for.
Summary: There is an easier way to do it. Find a Windows 98 boot disk from friend or something. Make sure the write protect tab is off and insert it into your floppy drive. Open your MS-DOS prompt and acces...
Summary: I have a laptop... I have the swappable drives. I can't have both in at the same time... so a boot with CD rom support floppy doesn't work. I also can't make my computer boot to CD, it's not an opti...
Summary: You can download a win98 bootdisk w/cd-rom support from http://www.bootdisk.com You can use it to boot up with and install win95. You download it and then do the instructions they have posted on thei...
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