Computer wont find CD-Rom..please help!!!

[MrDudeMan]

i have an old computer, dell xps200 (pentium 200), and might i add i got it from my girlfriends parents...for free. anyways, i formatted, stuck in a windows 95 bootdisk (because i cant find a 98 bootdisk and dont know where to get it online), and i fdisked, formatted, and tried to access the cd rom to install...no beef it just says invalid drive name. im not a moron, i promise i dunno whats wrong with it. power, ide cable, everything plugged in. it never worked before though..i mean before i formatted it. i dont understand what to do with it, im not an old hardware guy. i mean i know a little but i cant figure this one out....thx for the help

 

[JC]

Hi
Win95 boot disks don't have CDROM drivers on 'em like Win98 boot disks...that's the problem. You need MSCDEX.exe and some generic CDROM drivers, and an autoexec.bat and
config.sys files on your Win95 boot disk to make it work. You can prolly find them on another computer, if you have access. If you can get the files, I can list you the autoexec and
config.sys files you need to make

JC

 

[MrDudeMan]

yes i have access to this computer...gimme a list of what i need to put on there =) this is W2k if that makes a diff

 

[ku]

grab a win98 boot disk at www.bootdisk.com
i'd suggest that you not use win2k boot disks... it takes forever when you can just boot off the cd. If your cd isn't bootable... for... some... reason, boot off the win98 and install win2k.

 

[MrDudeMan]

lol maybe you werent listening, its a pentium 200 with 48 mb of ram...i will not be installing win2k EVER lol i will get a win98 bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com thank you very much for that link, and then ill install 95 on it..i cant find my 98 cd

 

[MrDudeMan]

WOOT! i got it to work! thx guys..now my next problem...the screen turned all pink wtf is wrong? it worked a few minutes ago




EDIT: AHH!!!!!!!!! i dont have a windows 95 OEM cd key!!! what do i do???

 

[Emma]

Monitors go pink because of a dry solder connection. Try wiggling the power connection around to see if it changes. If you want a pemanent fix you'll need to take it in for a simple repair job.

 

[bacillus]

<< AHH!!!!!!!!! i dont have a windows 95 OEM cd key!!! what do i do??? >>


without it you won't be able to use the OS I'm afraid.
seem to recall that there were some generic keys that would work; I'll have a little look around!