You need to put the MSCDEX file and the cdrom driver on the boot floppy. You also need to include the appropriate lines in the config.sys and autoexec.bat files so that when booting, the cdrom drive is recognized during the initiation of the system. Here is a website that gives you all of the information as well as a source that you can get generic CD rom drivers to make the disk in light of the fact that you cannot get them from setting up the cd until you can recognize the cd (Catch-22 <G>).
http://www.everythingcomputers.com/windows_boot_disk.htm Keith Thompson "LARRY J. BODEKER" wrote: > > I could sure use some more help, friends. I continue to have > problems with my computer. I was trying to reinstall Windows 95 on > my Dell desktop Dimension XPS Pentium Pro200 computer. However, as I > used the CD-ROM setup Boot Disk in the floppy drive "A" and the > Windows 95 CD in the CD-ROM drive "E" as I boot the computer I get > the following information: > > Starting Windows 95... > > ATAPI IDE CD-ROM device driver version V 1.53 (06/10/1996) > Copyright (C) MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. 1994,1995,1996 > > ERROR: Unable to detect ATAPI IDE CD-ROM drive > ATAPI IDE CD-ROM device driver not loaded. > > A:\>a:\mscdex /d:cdrom > Device driver not found: 'CDROM' > No valid CDROM device drivers selected > > A:\> > > At this prompt I then inserted the Mitsumi CD-ROM drivers disk into > drive "A" and entered the command as such: > > A:\>setupd.exe <Enter> > > which takes me to the "Select a language" page at which point I enter > English. Next, at the ATAPI CD-ROM INSTALLATION page I select "Begin > Installation". This is where I have problems. The next page asks "On > which drive would you like to install the CD-ROM Device driver file?" > followed by this message in a box: > > C:\MTM_ > > If I press <enter>, I get the message: "Could not create C:\MTM > directory. Please try another name. I then tried D:\MTM with same > error message. Being a complete novice I have no idea where to go > from here. My "C" drive is my primary drive with a secondary "D" > drive. This is so frustrating since my CD-ROM was one of the few > devices that hadn't given me any problems before this attempt to > reinstall Windows 95. > > Could anyone help me with intalling the CD-ROM drivers since that > apparently is what the computer is trying to tell me. Please be as > specific as possible in instructing me. The more specific with my > limited knowledge of computers, the better. Thank you all so very > much. > > Larry -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
