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Attn: Mart: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Hello Mart,
I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. |
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Attn: Mart: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
"Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it
should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. |
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Attn: Mart: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Rick & Noel, cheers for chipping in Chaps. I got side-lined for the past
couple of hours - Needed to lie down in a darkened room g Ben - Under the circumstances - unless anyone NEEDS to continue on the original thread - which has now nudged so far to the right of my screen, I'll have to connect a second monitor g - perhaps we should continue on this thread. I think Rick has explained - in his inimitable style - why your CD-ROM is (likely) to be H: for the moment. Thus, if you hadn't already worked it out by now, the commands you need at the A:\ prompt a- H: (Enter) (Note the colon following the letter H H:\ type setup then Return But it's bed-time again in the UK - will pick-up again tomorrow - for the good news?? Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... "Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Hello Stalwarts,
Here it is. I bootup with my four year old EBD. At the prompt I select CDROM support. I note that drive is H I also note that the diagnostic tools are loaded to drive G I decide to use my H drive. At the A:\ prompt I type in H: and press enter. At the H:\ prompt I type setup. and nothing happens so I insert the forgotten CD into H. and ask for a Retry r or/and an f for Fail. And so on and nothing. I switch the CD to G and ask for a retry. And lo and behold Scandisk and then - well you know what. I did this over and over. Whether I choose G or H is of absolutely no consequence - but that CD has to be in G. I believe, and await correction, that the key to where the CD is entered , is to which drive are the diagnostic tools loaded. Piece of cake - yup. Thanks guys. Ben. -----Original Message----- Rick & Noel, cheers for chipping in Chaps. I got side- lined for the past couple of hours - Needed to lie down in a darkened room g Ben - Under the circumstances - unless anyone NEEDS to continue on the original thread - which has now nudged so far to the right of my screen, I'll have to connect a second monitor g - perhaps we should continue on this thread. I think Rick has explained - in his inimitable style - why your CD-ROM is (likely) to be H: for the moment. Thus, if you hadn't already worked it out by now, the commands you need at the A:\ prompt a- H: (Enter) (Note the colon following the letter H H:\ type setup then Return But it's bed-time again in the UK - will pick-up again tomorrow - for the good news?? Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... "Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. . |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Ben B wrote:
Hello Stalwarts, Here it is. I bootup with my four year old EBD. At the prompt I select CDROM support. I note that drive is H I also note that the diagnostic tools are loaded to drive G I decide to use my H drive. At the A:\ prompt I type in H: and press enter. At the H:\ prompt I type setup. and nothing happens so I insert the forgotten CD into H. and ask for a Retry r or/and an f for Fail. And so on and nothing. I switch the CD to G and ask for a retry. And lo and behold Scandisk and then - well you know what. I did this over and over. Whether I choose G or H is of absolutely no consequence - but that CD has to be in G. umm... (sure glad you don't have more partitions, I'd have run out of fingers...) Your G: drive on an EBD boot is that RAMdrive thing,not your CD. Next time put the CD in *before* you switch to drive H: Not sure how Scandisk got involved... do I need to know ? Rick I believe, and await correction, that the key to where the CD is entered , is to which drive are the diagnostic tools loaded. Piece of cake - yup. Thanks guys. Ben. -----Original Message----- Rick & Noel, cheers for chipping in Chaps. I got side- lined for the past couple of hours - Needed to lie down in a darkened room g Ben - Under the circumstances - unless anyone NEEDS to continue on the original thread - which has now nudged so far to the right of my screen, I'll have to connect a second monitor g - perhaps we should continue on this thread. I think Rick has explained - in his inimitable style - why your CD-ROM is (likely) to be H: for the moment. Thus, if you hadn't already worked it out by now, the commands you need at the A:\ prompt a- H: (Enter) (Note the colon following the letter H H:\ type setup then Return But it's bed-time again in the UK - will pick-up again tomorrow - for the good news?? Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... "Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. . |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Hello Rick,
I followed your suggestion and inserted my WinMe CD into my H drive when the A:\ prompt appeared. Then I typed H: At the H:\I typed in 'setup' and this next appeared: "CDR101: Not reading reading drive H. Abort etc etc." What next? Ben. -----Original Message----- Ben B wrote: but that CD has to be in G. umm... (sure glad you don't have more partitions, I'd have run out of fingers...) Your G: drive on an EBD boot is that RAMdrive thing,not your CD. Next time put the CD in *before* you switch to drive H: Not sure how Scandisk got involved... do I need to know ? Rick I believe, and await correction, that the key to where the CD is entered , is to which drive are the diagnostic tools loaded. Piece of cake - yup. Thanks guys. Ben. -----Original Message----- Rick & Noel, cheers for chipping in Chaps. I got side- lined for the past couple of hours - Needed to lie down in a darkened room g Ben - Under the circumstances - unless anyone NEEDS to continue on the original thread - which has now nudged so far to the right of my screen, I'll have to connect a second monitor g - perhaps we should continue on this thread. I think Rick has explained - in his inimitable style - why your CD-ROM is (likely) to be H: for the moment. Thus, if you hadn't already worked it out by now, the commands you need at the A:\ prompt a- H: (Enter) (Note the colon following the letter H H:\ type setup then Return But it's bed-time again in the UK - will pick-up again tomorrow - for the good news?? Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... "Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. . . |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Ben B wrote:
Hello Rick, I followed your suggestion and inserted my WinMe CD into my H drive when the A:\ prompt appeared. Then I typed H: At the H:\I typed in 'setup' and this next appeared: "CDR101: Not reading reading drive H. Abort etc etc." Shoulda worked if you used the CD Support option on the EBD ... I: drive same thing? Rick |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Ben, first off, I should have said that you need to put the WinMe CD into
the drive BEFORE you tried to run setup, but I'm sure I said that in an earlier post. Yup! - ..."Decide which you are going to use and insert the WinMe CD." However, as you've got TWO CD-ROM drives, then *perhaps* the other is the H and you actually put the WinMe CD into the I drive?? Try it in the other drive. NB - Remember, by booting with the EBD, some drive letters are moved-on due the temporary 'creation' of the RAM disk - which (usually) assumes the letter D - but that letter will be advised on-screen during the boot process. Mart "Ben B" wrote in message ... Hello Rick, I followed your suggestion and inserted my WinMe CD into my H drive when the A:\ prompt appeared. Then I typed H: At the H:\I typed in 'setup' and this next appeared: "CDR101: Not reading reading drive H. Abort etc etc." What next? Ben. -----Original Message----- Ben B wrote: but that CD has to be in G. umm... (sure glad you don't have more partitions, I'd have run out of fingers...) Your G: drive on an EBD boot is that RAMdrive thing,not your CD. Next time put the CD in *before* you switch to drive H: Not sure how Scandisk got involved... do I need to know ? Rick I believe, and await correction, that the key to where the CD is entered , is to which drive are the diagnostic tools loaded. Piece of cake - yup. Thanks guys. Ben. -----Original Message----- Rick & Noel, cheers for chipping in Chaps. I got side- lined for the past couple of hours - Needed to lie down in a darkened room g Ben - Under the circumstances - unless anyone NEEDS to continue on the original thread - which has now nudged so far to the right of my screen, I'll have to connect a second monitor g - perhaps we should continue on this thread. I think Rick has explained - in his inimitable style - why your CD-ROM is (likely) to be H: for the moment. Thus, if you hadn't already worked it out by now, the commands you need at the A:\ prompt a- H: (Enter) (Note the colon following the letter H H:\ type setup then Return But it's bed-time again in the UK - will pick-up again tomorrow - for the good news?? Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... "Temporary" in the respect that after you reboot the Windows GUI, it should return to it's usual drive letter. This is something that confuses alot of people: "Arrgh my CD disappears when I boot from a floppy", etc. You've now got a G: RAMdrive (sits in memory and looks like a disk drive, keeps you from having to access the floppy for programs that are in it, really useful sometimes) Your CD is H: until you get back to the GUI where it will probably be G: again, and.. The CDR or DVD part of your CD drive is I: (in this case "I" for "Ignore It") Rick Ben B wrote: Hello Mart, I followed the following instructions: I booted from my floppy Startup disk and selected CDROM support. I looked for the (temporary) drive letter(s) allocated to the CDROM(s). There was a lot of information identifying copyright holders and finally I saw that Windows was to be started. Before I was offered the A:\ prompt I read this seemingly pertinent information: 1. Diagnostic tools successfully loaded to drive G. (and) 2. Drive H = DriverMSCD001 unit 0 (and) 3. Drive I = DriverMSCD001 unit 1 (and the last thing before the A:\ prompt was) 4. Your CDROM is drive H. I do not know which are the (temporary) drive letters. What's happening? It all seems so contradictory to me. Hope you can help. Thanks, Mart. Ben. . . |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Mart wrote:
Ben, first off, I should have said that you need to put the WinMe CD into the drive BEFORE you tried to run setup, but I'm sure I said that in an earlier post. Yup! - ..."Decide which you are going to use and insert the WinMe CD." However, as you've got TWO CD-ROM drives, then *perhaps* the other is the H and you actually put the WinMe CD into the I drive?? Try it in the other drive. NB - Remember, by booting with the EBD, some drive letters are moved-on due the temporary 'creation' of the RAM disk - which (usually) assumes the letter D - but that letter will be advised on-screen during the boot process. oh yeah (duh) forgot his configuration. Rick |
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Attn: Mart and Rick: A Re-Install of WinMe in DOS.
Rick, in spite of our previous posts, I'm not too sure here (very long
history!) but was the 'quality' of Bens WinMe CD ever in question? - It *might* also have given the same report if 'bad' of course. But let's assume the CD is 'good' g Mart "Rick T" wrote in message ... Mart wrote: Ben, first off, I should have said that you need to put the WinMe CD into the drive BEFORE you tried to run setup, but I'm sure I said that in an earlier post. Yup! - ..."Decide which you are going to use and insert the WinMe CD." However, as you've got TWO CD-ROM drives, then *perhaps* the other is the H and you actually put the WinMe CD into the I drive?? Try it in the other drive. NB - Remember, by booting with the EBD, some drive letters are moved-on due the temporary 'creation' of the RAM disk - which (usually) assumes the letter D - but that letter will be advised on-screen during the boot process. oh yeah (duh) forgot his configuration. Rick |
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