will win98se automatically install a 250mb ide zip drive?

I was using win98se with an edited msdos.sys file to boot to a command
prompt.
Now we have to change that to boot windows normally.
A guy is going over to put in a zip drive.
Will windows install it properly? All we need is a drive to backup a dos
program from within the dos program.
No need for fancy utilities or iomegaware.
Thanks.
Also.... when a person "restarts in msdos mode" what config and autoexec
file gets loaded? Is it config.syd?

Many Thanks.

If it is an IDE ZIP-drive -- Win98SE will recognize it.

...."restarts in msdos mode" what config and autoexec file gets loaded?

The result of common Config.sys and Autoexec.bat will be used (they
won't be processed by new), and in addition to Autoexec.bat there will
be processed Dosstart.bat (if exists) from Windows folder. You can
consider it as Autoexec.bat extension.

Is it config.syd?

No -- config.syd is a backup of the old Config.sys after editing it in
Sysedit.

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On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 23:24:10 -0700, "jd" wrote:

I was using win98se with an edited msdos.sys file to boot to a command
prompt.
Now we have to change that to boot windows normally.
A guy is going over to put in a zip drive.
Will windows install it properly? All we need is a drive to backup a dos
program from within the dos program.
No need for fancy utilities or iomegaware.
Thanks.
Also.... when a person "restarts in msdos mode" what config and autoexec
file gets loaded? Is it config.syd?

Many Thanks.

Have an older PC, bios date is May 98. Sees the Zip just fine. Works with
98SE and ME just fine. Works just fine as the alternate floppy drive B:
just fine, or the D: drive just fine. No IoMega crap loaded. It is the
original Zip drive, instead of the larger capacity you're mentioning though.

How to setup the Zip as a floppy drive letter (a: or b, or some subsequent
removable drive letter is a matter of setting the jumpers on the Zip drive
properly. Go to IoMega site for this info.
"jd" wrote in message
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I was using win98se with an edited msdos.sys file to boot to a command
prompt.
Now we have to change that to boot windows normally.
A guy is going over to put in a zip drive.
Will windows install it properly? All we need is a drive to backup a dos
program from within the dos program.
No need for fancy utilities or iomegaware.
Thanks.
Also.... when a person "restarts in msdos mode" what config and autoexec
file gets loaded? Is it config.syd?

Many Thanks.