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Thread ID: 15550	2002-02-10 02:45:00	Stuck in DOS	Guest (0)	Press F1

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35092	2002-02-10 02:45:00	Thanks for your advise, have tried but failed to both responses, it seems that my cd-rom is not able to read any data, as sometimes if I use another start up disk I get a message that 'D' drive is 'not ready. However my bios settings show cdrom as third boot device. How do I ensure that the cdrom is working. Colin	Guest (0)
35093	2002-02-10 03:18:00	If you can get into dos with your startup floppy, try 'dir D:' (if your cd drive is called 'D:'). That will show if the CD is readable. Check that the BIOS actually detects the CD drive. But that does not necessarily mean that DOS booted from a floppy can see it. It would need a driver. You could try making your BIOS use the CD drive as the first boot device. W98 is probably arranged to install direct from a CD?	Guest (0)
35094	2002-02-10 04:02:00	hey i had this problem too, but then i tried 'f' drive it worked it dosent have to be the same drive name try diffrent letters like 'e' or etc trust me this works	Guest (0)
35095	2002-02-10 05:21:00	Was the CD ROM working fine? As stated double check to see whther BIOS has auto ot the CD ROM listed for IDE Primary/Secondary Masters/slaves?	Guest (0)
35096	2002-02-10 05:46:00	You need to install Microsoft CD Extensions (mscdex.exe) and a DOS CD-ROM driver (xxxx.sys) for your CD-ROM to be accessible in DOS. The floppy disk that came with your CD-ROM drive should have both driver and mscdex.exe, as well as a sample script for your config.sys file. Note that the Win98 boot disk contains a generic CD-ROM driver that will enable access to your drive.	Guest (0)
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