Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion GroupsWindows VistaWindows XPWindows MeWindows 98Windows 95Virtual PCInternet ExplorerOutlook ExpressWindows MediaSecurity
Related Topics
MS Server ProductsMS OfficePC HardwareMore Topics ...
Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Setup / January 2005

Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.

aaaWin98SE start up disk not recognizing ANY CD players

Thread view: 
Enable EMail Alerts  Start New Thread
Thread rating: 
AA - 30 Jan 2005 08:30 GMT
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD operating
system?
Reply to this Message
Mikhail Zhilin - 30 Jan 2005 11:13 GMT
See Ron Badour's reply in the nearest thread,
"Windows 98 reinstall"
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======

>I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
>recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD operating
>system?
Reply to this Message
Lil' Dave - 30 Jan 2005 13:17 GMT
> I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
> recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD operating
> system?

The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal.  It will not work with all, but
most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post.  The error message you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.
Reply to this Message
AA - 30 Jan 2005 17:09 GMT
I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even it
did not load the CD player!

I will try finding a msdos driver like you mentioned but I have a feeling my
problem goes beyond that due to a memory of this CDplayer working fine on
other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
resolve.......

> > I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
> > recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
> otherwise.
Reply to this Message
Mikhail Zhilin - 30 Jan 2005 17:32 GMT
"Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.

Some (specifically 11) of the well-working low-level drivers you can
find in CAB-archive at my site,

www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/cdr-sys.cab

I prefer VIDE-CDD.SYS from this set instead of Oakcdrom.sys, but
sometimes it does not work either, and it is need to try the others.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======

>I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even it
>did not load the CD player!
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>> provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
>> otherwise.
Reply to this Message
AA - 31 Jan 2005 06:14 GMT
Should I be altering the config.sys file to point to the CD sys file I want
to try?

> "Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
> really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.
[quoted text clipped - 46 lines]
> >> provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
> >> otherwise.
Reply to this Message
Mikhail Zhilin - 31 Jan 2005 07:25 GMT
>Should I be altering the config.sys file to point to the CD sys file I want
>to try?

Yes. Put VIDE-CDD.SYS (or other driver -- if vide-cdd.sys won't work
either) to the root of the diskette, REM out the line with Oakcdrom.sys
in Config.sys of the diskette, and type a line with VIDE-CDD.SYS (or
other driver) below it, so these lines will be:

[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmem:off
REM device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=VIDE-CDD.SYS  /D:mscd001
....
<more lines here>
...
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======

>> "Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
>> really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>> I prefer VIDE-CDD.SYS from this set instead of Oakcdrom.sys, but
>> sometimes it does not work either, and it is need to try the others.
<..>

>> >I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even
>> >it did not load the CD player!
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>> >other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
>> >resolve.......

<...>
>> >> > If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
>> >> > operating system?
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> >> provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
>> >> otherwise.
Reply to this Message
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage
Start New Thread
Enable EMail Alerts
Rate this Thread



©2008 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.