CD-ROM DriversCD-ROM DriversMS-DOS and Windows 3.x(CD-ROM's for Windows are installed via MS-DOS but may have aWindows Setup available)In order to use a CD-ROM Drive, yourcomputer must first have a CD-ROM software driver installed. Thisis usually supplied with the drive but may not necessarily havebeen installed. The CD-ROM software driver is normally suppliedon a floppy disk and includes a SETUP or INSTALL program.Following installation, the CD-ROM software driver is normallyloaded at system startup time via a series of entries in themachine's C:CONFIG.SYS & C:AUTOEXEC.BAT files.For example:config.sysDEVICE=C:DOSHIMEM.SYSDEVICEHIGH=C:DOSoakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001LASTDRIVE=Fautoexec.batLH C:DOSMSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /l:DThe first /D: switch is the drive number, which must bethe same in both config.sys and autoexec.bat. In the aboveexample its ' /D:mscd001'. (If you had 2 drivesfitted the second may be /D:mscd002) The /l:D switch setsa drive letter for your CD-ROM. (In this case Drive D: )You can make this anything you want after your Hard Drives thatis not taken, but make sure you put a 'LASTDRIVE=' lineat the end of config.sys to allow for enough environmental space.This can be made as the letter after your last drive in use (i.e.=F) as each letter used, uses a small piece of availableenvironment. (LASTDRIVE=Z would enable ALL available DriveLetters) In this example HIMEM.SYS is used to load driver intoupper memory block.=CD-ROM Driver (Which is named differently by each manufacturer)and can be located in its own directory.MSCDEX.EXE is provided as part of MS-DOS and sometimeson Install Disk as well.HIMEM.SYS is provided as part of MS-DOS and enablesuse of the upper memory area.Windows 95Windows 95 does not need a CD-ROM Driverinstalled as above, as it installs its own driver.

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However youmay want to install a DOS Driver in this way to enable you to useyour CD-ROM at the DOS Prompt. Remember that Windows 95 storesits DOS files at C:WINDOWSCOMMAND not C:DOS as in olderversions!Some CD-ROM Drivers you cantry: 162Kb DownloadThis will get you into almost all of the IDE CD-ROM Drives on themarket. Oak Technologies manufacture the Semi-Conductors fittedinto almost all CD-ROM Drives.(With Setup Program).148Kb DownloadAlso a very good CD-ROM Driver, that starts almost any IDE CD-ROMDrive. (With Install Program)part of the Adaptec Support Site. Or available here:CD-ROM God Ver 5.5 is a boot disk that has 50+ CD-ROMdrivers.(Including SCSI) It has basic ATAPI drivers, and modelspecific drivers.

Ms Dos Cd Rom Drivers

This version unzips drivers to a ramdrive! Ithas a better - sleeker - shareware free menu. This disk usesDEVICE.COM to load.

This way you won't have to re-boot a milliontimes! ISO-9660 CD Support and SMARTDRV.EXE A selection of DOSBootdisks with Add-On IDE & SCSI CD-ROM Drivers.Note TheMS-DOS 6.22 Emergency Boot Disk (EBD) has been replaced on thissite with the Bootdisk Project Files, to give a wider selectionof MS-DOS versions and to include both IDE & SCSI driverswhile reducing download size and web storage space.Try this link to locate your CD-ROM Manufacturer to see if aMS-DOS or Windows 3.1 Driver is available.orHave a nice selection of CD-ROM Bootdisks that will start mostsystems. The Autoexec.bat & Config.sys files and drivers canbe copied and used to start your system, Or in the case ofWindows 95/98, To start your CD-ROM to install Windows.The following Pages may provide additional help: AGuide to CD-ROM driver resources on the Internet! PCMCIA Support for DOS & Windows3.1.