My old(80 mhz)Gateway pc stopped recognizing the cd rom after I deleted the cdrom icon in my computer. I then attempted to REFORMAT the hard drive. It still wont recognize it. I have substitued a known good cd rom.Still nothing...Gotta have that cd rom to reload win 95 HELP!!!!!!!!!!!It does not redetect your CD-ROM drive upon restart?

Obtain drivers from the CD-ROM manufacturer.There is no operating system in it right now.If I attempt to REBOOT from the bood disc, I get the "no drives found" message when it attempts to reinstall the cdrom drivers.dowload a win95 bootdisk with cdrom driver  bootdisks.com.....them at the a:\> sys c:  now load the win95 install disk....tried that, I get a system disk error ....I cant believe this is that  difficult !! I figued by removing the op system and starting over from scratch it would be a breeze !!http://www.webpro.co.za/tutor/w95-reco.htm


why did you remove the cdrom drive from the device manager!To make a short story long Merlin, I wanted use this computer to run a ham radio program.  At the time, I was eliminating everything  that  I would never use.  I know better than to  delete icons, etc. but, I t was just a wrong click I guess. Everything worked before, I just couldnt use the cd rom . Now I really dont have anything. However, Im pretty sure I'll find the help I need here. This site comes highly recommended. Thanks to you all.So now, what do I do??  got a computer with no  operating system installed, wont read boot discs, the only one it will read aborts after it says it isnt an IBM computer. can I install a cd-rom dos driver??if so how?
Thanks again...You have transfered the win95 boot disk to the system.....now format the drive.< at the a :\> prompt type > format c:.....then use this command next>>>> fdisk..........now go in to the bios setupIBM®  F1  
IBM E-pro Laptop  F2  
IBM PS/2®  CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL  
IBM Thinkpad® (newer)  Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG.  
Intel® Tangent  DEL  
    and change the boot sequence to boot from cdrom? When you say you have deleted this cdrom in my computer.....and no where else?

you may try leaving the 95 boot floppy in the drive.and the win95 install disk...it should display boot with cdrom support.....Ok Merlin, but this isnt n IBM computer, its ans old Gateway. Or will these commands make the ibm boot disc work? Quote

My old(80 mhz)Gateway pc
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Ok Merlin, but this isnt n IBM computer, its ans old Gateway...