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Starting from Scratch
Friday, February 8, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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Posted by LNG724 (2 messages posted)

I am trying to do a clean install of 98 on an older laptop with an external cd-rom connected thru a pcmcia card. I am booting up using a win 98 startup floppy. I chose to start with no cd-rom support and after I get to a:\ I then install the pcmcia cd rom setup floppy, reboot this time with cd-rom support and then look for my cd-rom drive in which to run my 98 disc. I can not get the player recognized to do this. I was able once to run setup and have 98 load but it had to be aborted because of a setup procedure that I missed. I reformatted the hard drive and now... this is where I am at. Any help with this would be appreciated.

Responses to this message:
Can't access PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to install Windoze (gewg_: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 2:53 pm)

re: Starting from Scratch (C K: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 4:45 pm)

re: Starting from Scratch (Arminius: Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 1:42 am)

All messages in this thread [show all]

Starting from Scratch (LNG724: Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 2:36 pm)

Can't access PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to install Windoze (gewg_: Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 2:53 pm)

re: Can't access PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to install Windoze (LNG724: Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 3:17 pm)

Where do I find device drivers for *my* operating system? (gewg_: Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 6:12 pm)

re: Can't access PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to install Windoze (dhm: Sat, Feb 9, 2008, 7:30 pm)

re: Can't access PCMCIA CD-ROM drive to install Windoze (gewg_: Sun, Feb 10, 2008, 1:52 pm)

re: Starting from Scratch (C K: Fri, Feb 8, 2008, 4:45 pm)

re: Starting from Scratch (Arminius: Sun, Feb 10, 2008, 1:42 am)

re: Starting from Scratch (dhm: Fri, Feb 15, 2008, 7:54 pm)

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