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re: Need to install windows 95 but computer wont recognize my external cd please HELP
Thursday, November 6, 2003 at 1:39 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Don
(244 messages posted)
Kristie,
Presumably the extnl CD ROM plugs into the parallel port, or a USB port. Either
way, the WIN95 install program will not find it. You have to have / make a DOS bootdisk.
There must be a device driver on diskette or CD that came with the extnl CD drive.
That device driver needs to be in c:\ and it needs to be referenced, probably in
config.sys.
Once you get to the point where you "see" the drive from a DOS prompt, you should
be able to install win95.
Sorry this is long winded. One step at a time.
On Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 8:59 am, Kristie wrote:
>I bought a IBM 760 EL which said it had everything to be up and running. It said
>it did not have a CD drive which I thought was fine. They erased everything off
of
>the laptop and sent me a windows 95 Cd. I bought an external Cd rom but it will
not
>recognize it unless you have windows already installed. How do I install it with
>out installing windows. Please help.
>;-(
>
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