[RESOLVED] missing mscdex.exe

[Joe C]

I'm missing the mscdex.exe command line from my hard disks autoexec.bat. Also, I'm missing the CD-ROM's command line from the hard disks config.sys. What gives?? Any advice on where I can find theses items or where I can retrieve them from would be greatly appreciated. THANX :-)

Joe

[RGK01]

The cdrom drivers you are talking about are DOS drivers, WIN95 & 98 use drivers loaded within the windows environment. Sometimes computers are setup without ever installing the DOS drivers. (seems to be your case)

If you need the dos drivers you should have a CDROM setup disk that came with the system, I recommend rebooting the computer, press F8 before windows starts loading, and when the boot menu comes up select #6 - Command prompt only. Next load cdrom drivers but, do not reboot the computer yet!
You need to copy the (C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX..........) line from the autoexec.bat into a file called DOSSTART.BAT located in your windows directory. If this file does not exist, create it. Then you need to put the letters REM infront of the mscdex command in the autoexec.bat.

PS: If you don't have the cdrom drivers disk, download them from windrivers.

[joe c]

Thanx bud!!! I will do that ASAP! Again, thanx for your help, I really appreciate it.

Joe

[Schui]

go back to the main menu of Windrivers.com - under drivers, is a list of Generic Drivers.
Choose the DOS mode CDRom drivers, and you can download the file. Make a dir on your C:\ drive called c:\cdpro. Put the file in there, and run it. Choose c:\cdpro as the install path. Next, look in c:\cdpro, and run setup. Done. (however, you must have a copy of MSCDEX.exe) If you have'nt got this, copy one from another machine. (or search the internet, there must be a copy out there somewhere!)

good luck