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Old December 7th 06, 09:26 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.multimedia
Jeff Richards
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Default DVD player installation with Windows 98SE

According to Toshiba:
ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD Drivers
Toshiba's CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives do not require any unique device
drivers for Windows '95/'98/2000/XP/NT.

After installing your drive and re-booting, your system should
recognize your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Win '95/'98/2000/XP/NT Operating Systems
support all Toshiba ATAPI CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives natively.


Boot to safe mode and remove any existing CD-ROM devices. Reboot and allow
Windows to re-install the drivers for any devices it finds. Have your
Windows inastallation CD ready, in case it needs to load drivers from the
CD. After the drivers are loaded, you should be able to read DVDs discs.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"DEBNC" wrote in message
...
While trying to fix my DVD player with a CD that came with my laptop I
wiped
out everything DVD related. On the Dell site they do not have the Tositha
4x
DVD player for Windows 98 SE I am looking for. Any suggestions as to where
to
look from here?
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In His Service,
Debra A. Snipes
www.In-His-Service.org





"Jeff Richards" wrote:

If Dell sold the drive as an add-on peripheral device they should have
drivers for it on their www site. You won't find it listed under your
model
machine if it wasn't supplied with that machine, but it should be
somewhere
there, either as an add-on option or as part of the standard equipment
for
some other model.

Or, you may find it is simply a DELL rebranding of some other
manufacturer's
product, in which case you could get drivers from their site.

Note that the software originally provided with the drive would probably
not
be available for download, but the drivers should be.

Have you confirmed that the W98se installation files are not saved on the
hard disk drive somewhere?
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"DEBNC" wrote in message
...
Dell is the manufacturer of the DVD drive. Now what?
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