Compaq Presario 1255 Notebook - Drivers/Win98SE install help

[Zang]

Okay, I've gotten myself a cheap 1255 laptop, and it came without any OS installed. So I pulled out my Win98SE disc and installed the OS. Now, I'm not 100% sure what's inside this thing, but does it have a PC Card controlled CD-ROM drive? As when Windows is installing, it will come up with a screen asking for the drivers (if I need to install them), I selected "No" and I believe it needed the proper drivers as now I cannot read from my CD-ROM drive. Now I'm trying to FIND drivers for this thing, but since it's old, I'm having quite a bit of trouble.

If anyone knows or can give me a hand finding drivers, or getting Windows to read from the CD-ROM, I'd be very thankful.

 

[buckmasterson]

Compaq's site has a rom update for this machine, plus lots of other drivers and updates. They also have The original emergency recovery diskette. Have you tried any of these? I have a 1675 Presario that I picked up for free and the drivers for everything were on their site.

 

[TekWiz2001]

Finding Drivers

Go to Google search engine http:\google.com I do it this way to help me remember
Search using these 2 words
drivers all
driversguide.com will come up
go to site and login using the same words as user and password

drivers
all


or you could go to the compaq site instead that will also help

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/product.jhtml?lc=en&pagetype=compaqpres95000

copy that link to the address bar the whole thing is on one line