[RESOLVED] Help installing CD Rom Driver

[honeybunnie2]

I just reformatted an old Packard Bell computer and I do have the disk for the CD Rom drivers but they won't install.
I don't know what information you need to help me out but ask away and I'll provide what I can.
I realize this is asking a lot from the group here but I have reformatted many computers before and not had a problem before now. Thank you in advance.

[freddy]

how do u mean u cannot load your cdrom , it should load automaticly in windows.
do you mean you cannot load windows because u have not got acces to your cdrom?
if u are using win98 , you should be able to boot it by setting your bios boot: cdrom c a.
if u are using win95 or your machine wont boot from cdrom then download a bootdisk from windrivers utilities.

[honeybunnie2]

I mean that the generic CD Rom files will not load the right drivers. After I formated the hard drive I put in the Floppy with the Oak OTI 601 Sound & Panasonic CR -562- B CDRom drivers
At the A:\ Prompt I typed Setup.exe, the floppy spins up and reads it, then I'll get "win SETUP.EXE" "Bad command or file name"

I have downloaded these drivers time and time again and I am at a complete loss as to why they will not install. Without the CD rom working I can't install win98 or win 95 for that matter.
Am I making more sense now? LOL I hope so cause I'm having a reallly hard time with this...

What would the URL be for this "bootdisk from windrivers utilities. that you mentioned. It might very well be worth a try, can't lose right?

[Sowulo]

"win setup.exe" means the setup file you are trying to run is a Windows app and will only run if Windows is already on the system and working. Check and see if there is a file that is just called "install.exe" (or something that has install or setup in the file name) that might be the DOS install and driver you need.

[honeybunnie2]

Tried that to and still get the same message under as before..
Just how do I install a DOS version if I can't find the right one? I downloaded different dos versions and they won't install either..
Help... I'm going bald tearing out my hair trying to figure this one out.. Nothing so simple should be this hard. <IMG SRC="smilies/mad.gif" border="0">

[KWB Teck]

Try here and select the boot disk for the operating system your trying to install.

[honeybunnie2]

Thank you KWB, I'll go download a boot disk from here and give it a whirl, nothing else has worked as of yet though..

[truongqt]

Your CDrom don't go with the driver what you have ( a file with name as extension .sys), you must to try with another driver.
You should to change a little bit in your file name "autoexec.bat" with this line:
c:\mscdex.exe /d:mscdide /v

and, a file name "config.sys" :
device=c:\ta12xcd.sys /d:mscdide

and copy in your system, after reset it. I am sure it work well.
If you dont know DOS, you can ask someone do it for you. Good luck.

[Ryno]

I am having the EXACT same problem with my pc right now hb2, but I ended up taking the hdrive out and putting it another (working) machine, installing the os, and swapping out the hdd again....have an os now, but still no cd rom...so please post if you get yours to work...I am sure our problems are identical.

[honeybunnie2]

Sorry redsnake I don't know dos and Neither does antone else around here.. LOL I am considered the computer geru in the neighborhood, if you can believe that.
I do know a tad about how dos works but you have totally lost me in what you said, sorry. <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

[honeybunnie2]

Ryno, that unfortunately is not an option for me. I am beginning to hate these damn sound cards and CD Rom drives that are on the mother boards, they are such a pain in the you know what to find the right drivers to get them installed.
I have a windows driver for this one but it won't work until I can get win95 installed and I can't do that without getting the CD Rom to work.

The drivers are for the "Oak OTI 601 Sound card and Panasonic CR-562-B CD Rom" if you really would like to try them I can zip em up and send to you.. <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

[Ryno]

This may also be al long shot, but see if the cdrom is using its own slot on the motherboard. If it is, try changing the jumper settings on the cdrom to slave (if it is set to master now), and visa-versa (sp?)
Oh yea...uh make sure the power is disconnected and that you are grounded before touching anything! And thanks, but fortunately I have the exact drivers for the cd-rom I am using.

[honeybunnie2]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ryno:
[QB]This may also be al long shot, but see if the cdrom is using its own slot on the motherboard. If it is, try changing the jumper settings on the cdrom to slave (if it is set to master now), and visa-versa (sp?)

This may sound really dumb but, how do I tell if they share the same slot or not? And if they are how do I change the jumper settings? I didn't see anything in the bios about a CD Rom either.
Everytime I boot up the CD Rom starts to spin and it worked before I did the FDISK and reformat.

[Ryno]

The same thing happened to mine (my neighbors, actually) Worked fine until fdisk and format. I'm still pretty new at all this but I can tell you what I've learned so far, and these guys on here are like freakin wizards...their really cool so don't let their techno-lingo scare you..they just explain it like it is and sometimes you have to do some the footwork...don't you love computer crash courses?
Anyway...I take it the computer casing is off and you can see the inside. It's pretty easy to identify the cd-rom, floppy drive, and hdd from here. Now, the cdrom should have a wide gray strip (ide cable) with a thin red line down one side. Beside that will be the power plug...(uh this is granted you do not have a propriety cdrom device) not to worry...if you have what I just mentioned wide strip, pwr supply, and nothing else coming out of the back of the cdrom, then it it probably not the latter.
To check the jumper settings on the cdrom, you will have to probably take out the cdrom. If you are not familiar with this procedure, decide for yourself if its worth the try, remembering that this is still a "long shot", and post back.

[Platypus]

HB2, if the CD-ROM in the system is a CR562B, this is not an IDE CD-ROM. It will have a 40 pin cable identical to an IDE cable, but the jumper on the drive doesn't set master/slave, it sets drive number (up to 4). It connects to a Panasonic interface.

The suggestion to temporarily connect an IDE CD-ROM is a good one. Use KWB Teck's link to get the boot disk files for Win 9x and the ATAPI driver, installing Windows will be much faster. Once installed, try re-connecting the CR562, and if the interface on the sound card is one that doesn't need software initialisation, Windows will find the CD and install it's own CR562 driver. I've used this method myself, but with genuine SoundBlaster cards. If it works but Windows doesn't have sound drivers, there's a selection here: http://www.oaktech.com/legacy_drivers/audtech.html

It's becoming increasingly impractical to set up this old gear for current Windows... <IMG SRC="smilies/frown.gif" border="0">

On the driver floppy disk, if the SETUP and INSTALL files are called SETUP.BAT and INSTALL.BAT (which it looks like) they are trying to run the Win 3.1 setup program. Don't do this once Win 9x is installed as it may cause problems.