aaaWin98SE start up disk not recognizing ANY CD players

I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD operating
system?

See Ron Badour's reply in the nearest thread,
"Windows 98 reinstall"
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Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 00:30:42 -0800, "AA"
wrote:

I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD operating
system?

"AA" wrote in message
...
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always
says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto
other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
operating
system?



The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal. It will not work with all, but
most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post. The error message you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.

I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even it
did not load the CD player!

I will try finding a msdos driver like you mentioned but I have a feeling my
problem goes beyond that due to a memory of this CDplayer working fine on
other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
resolve.......

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
"AA" wrote in message
...
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always
says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto
other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
operating
system?



The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal. It will not work with all, but
most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos
environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post. The error message you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.

"Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.

Some (specifically 11) of the well-working low-level drivers you can
find in CAB-archive at my site,

www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/cdr-sys.cab

I prefer VIDE-CDD.SYS from this set instead of Oakcdrom.sys, but
sometimes it does not work either, and it is need to try the others.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:09:27 -0800, "AA"
wrote:

I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even it
did not load the CD player!

I will try finding a msdos driver like you mentioned but I have a feeling my
problem goes beyond that due to a memory of this CDplayer working fine on
other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
resolve.......

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
"AA" wrote in message
...
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk always
says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it onto
other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
operating
system?



The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal. It will not work with all, but
most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos
environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post. The error message you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.

Should I be altering the config.sys file to point to the CD sys file I want
to try?



"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message
...
"Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.

Some (specifically 11) of the well-working low-level drivers you can
find in CAB-archive at my site,

www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/cdr-sys.cab

I prefer VIDE-CDD.SYS from this set instead of Oakcdrom.sys, but
sometimes it does not work either, and it is need to try the others.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:09:27 -0800, "AA"
wrote:

I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even
it
did not load the CD player!

I will try finding a msdos driver like you mentioned but I have a feeling
my
problem goes beyond that due to a memory of this CDplayer working fine on
other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
resolve.......

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
"AA" wrote in message
...
I have a Win98SE start up disk. I just want to have the start up disk
recognize my CD and then I can setup Windows OS.

However no matter what CD player I try to use the start up disk
always
says
"no cd found" even though CMOS sees it just fine. I even moved it
onto
other
master\slave settings and cable connections. No joy.

What in the world is the problem?

If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
operating
system?



The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal. It will not work with all,
but
most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos
environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post. The error message
you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:14:30 -0800, "AA"
wrote:

Should I be altering the config.sys file to point to the CD sys file I want
to try?

Yes. Put VIDE-CDD.SYS (or other driver -- if vide-cdd.sys won't work
either) to the root of the diskette, REM out the line with Oakcdrom.sys
in Config.sys of the diskette, and type a line with VIDE-CDD.SYS (or
other driver) below it, so these lines will be:

[CD]
device=himem.sys /testmemff
REM device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
device=VIDE-CDD.SYS /D:mscd001
.....
more lines here
....
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
======

"Mikhail Zhilin" wrote in message
.. .
"Lil' Dave" is correct that Oakcdrom is not the best driver -- though I
really thought the problem lies in the boot disk itself.

Some (specifically 11) of the well-working low-level drivers you can
find in CAB-archive at my site,

www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/cdr-sys.cab

I prefer VIDE-CDD.SYS from this set instead of Oakcdrom.sys, but
sometimes it does not work either, and it is need to try the others.
..
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:09:27 -0800, "AA"
wrote:

I also went to bootdisk.com and downloaded the Win98SE Startup disk. Even
it did not load the CD player!

I will try finding a msdos driver like you mentioned but I have a feeling
my
problem goes beyond that due to a memory of this CDplayer working fine on
other motherboards using Win98. I'll send update soon on this issue and
resolve.......

"Lil' Dave" wrote in message
...
"AA" wrote in message
...
...
If I can't see a CD player how else can I ever load the Windows CD
operating system?

The oakcdrom driver is not 100% universal. It will not work with all,
but most CD reading devices.

Provide the make and model cdrom you have, or take that data to the
manufacturers website to get an appropriate driver for an msdos
environment.

Ignore the reply about diversion to another post. The error message
you
provided indicates that the driver loaded, whereas the other post says
otherwise.