re: getting ready to install 2nd HD, lost CD ROM and CD/RW
Saturday, December 20, 2003 at 6:27 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gerry Kroll
(1986 messages posted)
When you change the hardware addresses of the CDs, you need to let Windows detect
new hardware.
Why don't you copy the W98 install files from the CD to the hard drive, and then
let your system find them there? The install files are in folder \Win98 on
the CD. They're normally copied to c:\Windows\Options\Cabs
You can use a W98SE boot disk (I recommend the W98SE "custom" one) from www.bootdisk.com.
Boot with this, and your two CD drives will be r: and s:. Type the
following command, and press Enter:
xcopy r:\win98\*.* c:\windows\options\cabs\
On Friday, December 19, 2003 at 7:57 pm, Randy wrote:
>I've always understood that was the normal sequence but whoever built the machine
>had it set up in the other manner. When I changed it to normal, it became abnormal.
>Everything else works fine except for the CD drives. BIOS is set to auto detect.
> I tried to access the CDRW throught the burning software and the packet writing
>software told me that the Win-aspi file is missing. Said file being on the Win 98
>cd which I can't run. Looking at the windows system file however shows the aspi
dll's
>to be there. Windows just can't see them.
>
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