[RESOLVED] Cant install CD

[Tracey Villani]

Have 486 dx4 recently upgraded hdd to 520mb and ram to 16, when I got machine CMOS battery was flat. Had no problems loading DOS 6.1 and WFWorkgroups. However, cd will not load, light comes on and message "drive could no be found - aborting installation appears. Have tried setting CD as both primary and seconday device. Can anyone offer any advice?

[freddy the fisherman]

in dos/win3.x you have to load cd rom in autoexec.config sys ,,,,,i answered a topic further down this page RE: win 3.x and cdrom please read that and hopefully this will point u to correct sulution

freddy

[GJFowler]

I assume "Drive could not be found - aborting installation" comes up when you try to install the CD-ROM drivers from the driver disk. Did the drive work before the hard disk was upgraded? If the CMOS backup battery was flat, the system may have been unused for a long time, in which case electrolytic capacitors in older drives can deteriorate & cause non-operation.

What type of CD-ROM drive is it? Are you sure you are installing the correct driver?

If it is definitely an IDE drive, try substituting it in a system that is operating normally. If it gives "drive not ready" errors when you try to read a disk, the laser lens may need cleaning.

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[clauded]

in your 486 i wouldn`t think your cdrom is ide best thing to do open the case look on the cdr and give the name and model number written on it than repost with this info and someone will be able to help out,good luck,
clauded