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March 4th, 2007, 04:13 PM
#1
Registered User
Installing external cd rom from DOS
The specs are Compaq Armada M700 PIII 450mz/256mb ram/6 gig hdd. This laptop does not have an internal cd rom & no OS as of yet I need first to install the driver for external PCMCIA cd rom from a 3.5 floppie to put Win 98 back on from a cd. Per the directions at the A: prompt I should type in dossetup & it should automatically install, instead it ask for the directory where the software will be installed from I type in A: & hit enter I hear it read the floppie then it asks for the destination directory, it automatically comes up C:\PCMIDE I again hit enter & it gives me three choices ; ATA FIXED REMOVABLE DRIVE (HDD,MO,SyQuest), FLOPPIE DRIVE:Atapi floppie drive(zip,Ls120),& Cdrom drive:atapi cd rom drive, I have tried number one & number three & it goes back to install from which directory again and just runs in circles if I type in a: it runs again then asks what directory to install in.
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March 4th, 2007, 11:22 PM
#2
Intel Mod
Does the hard drive currently have a formatted C: partition on it? If it is not partitioned and formatted, there will not be a C: drive for the install to create the default C:\PCMIDE folder.
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March 5th, 2007, 08:00 AM
#3
Registered User
I used a Win 98 preload disk & had preload already copied.
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March 5th, 2007, 08:24 AM
#4
Driver Terrier
boot the computer with a floppy, when it has got to A:>
type in
C:
press enter
What happens?
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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March 5th, 2007, 08:55 AM
#5
Registered User
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March 5th, 2007, 09:19 AM
#6
Registered User
I am on my way to Atlanta I will check back this evening!
CHEERS!
Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!
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March 5th, 2007, 10:50 AM
#7
Driver Terrier
Ok boot with a floppy, change to C: drive and
type in
md PCMIDE
hit enter
Now try... it may be simply that the directory didn't exist.
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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March 5th, 2007, 02:01 PM
#8
Laptops/Notebooks/PDA Mod
can you do a directory of c:?
C:\>dir
If you get an error, then the drive is partitioned but not formatted.
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March 5th, 2007, 04:29 PM
#9
Registered User
To Noonoo that did not work either but glad to here from you. To 3fingersalute Directory of C:\
Msdos sys 44
Command com 93,880
Autoexec bat 37
Config sys 785
Factonly <dir>
Windows <dir>
Autoexec usr 437
Config usr 715
Strtlogo oem 129,080
Pcmide <dir>
7 files 224,978 bytes
3 dir(s) 5,716.52 Mb free
Thanks 3finger your help appreciated
CHEERS!
Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!
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March 5th, 2007, 04:33 PM
#10
Driver Terrier
right boot from a floppy
change to c drive
put the pcmcia drivers diskette in the drive
type
A:\dossetup
What happens?
If that doesn't work, copy the lot to the c: drive and run it from the c:drive
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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March 5th, 2007, 04:42 PM
#11
Registered User
The crazy thing is it says "no card services found" when I boot with the driver disk, then it configures the socket to Irq=0 Io address=150 searching for atapi cd rom on IDE bus... I here the cd spin up for 10 seconds Then I get this message **Unable to locate any cd rom drive. A:\>a:\dos\mscdex.exe /d:mscd000
Device driver not found: 'MSCD000'
No valid CDROM device selected
CHEERS!
Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!
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March 5th, 2007, 04:44 PM
#12
Driver Terrier
in the config.sys file, is there a line with mscdex.exe in it?
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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March 5th, 2007, 04:48 PM
#13
Registered User
The same thing happens as before should I select cd-rom drive: atapi cd-rom drive or Disk drive : ATA fixed/removable drive
CHEERS!
Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!
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March 5th, 2007, 04:50 PM
#14
Driver Terrier
could you answer my question first?
Never, ever approach a computer saying or even thinking "I will just do this quickly."
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March 5th, 2007, 04:53 PM
#15
Registered User
In response to C:\dossetup , bad command or file name.
CHEERS!
Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead!
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