hi, my problem is that im trying to reinstall either win95 (upgrade) or win98, but cannot seem to get the cd drive to work correctly.
this pc is my dads old 486dx and the cd drive is a mitsumi.
i cant seem to set it up properly even thouigh i think ive got the correct driver for it. not matter what i try, i cant install either OS with the use of the cd drive.
any help would be appreciatted.
thanks.
chris m.....

if your re-installing the o/s then your hard drive is formatted, partitioned? If so then using a boot disk is your best bet. It'll place the cdrom driver on the hard drive so you can access the cdrom (which will probably be E prompt). If you use the boot disk, choose "cdrom support" at the menu and it still doesn't load the cdrom drivers then you may need a fresh boot disk. If it still doesn't work then you can load the cdrom driver manually off the boot disk.

I can post the procedure if it comes to that.

good luck

Getting a Universal Bootdisk
In the case you can't find a bootdisk to support your cdrom, go to www.bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com) and get a bootdisk for your operating system. Use it to boot and then try to install Windows.

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If the data cable for your Mitsumi CD-ROM drive connects
to your sound card, you may need to load the exact driver
for that model before you can access the drive.

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