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Answer» My computer is an old Packard Bell (so old that most of the labels have been rubbed out)
I have a: Packard Bell PC-Doctor TM Diagnostics cd, and I have set the computer to boot to it. The floppy drive was damaged somehow, so it doesn't work. When the cd was loaded, it said: (OS load in progress...) Starting Windows 95... Windows 95 Master Restore Diskette Version 3.41 Unable to determine CD-ROM drive.
ErrorLevel is 0 Label not found
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When I tried a *whatever* named DET-CD/Query one of the outputs was: Port $0170, Device 0- Device Found. Drive Found: *Unrecognized*:CRD-8322B This is likely the CD drive, right?
So, from the dos prompt I am given, how do I make it recognize the CD drive?Has the SYSTEM given any INFORMATION tht MCDEX had been loaded? Leave a cd in the drive and type in the drive letter with a : after it. e.g. D: - then press enter.
If you get 'not ready reading drive X:' (X being your drive) then its most likely your drive. If it gives you the drive (you'll been in the root of your drive) type in DIR. It should LIST the files that are on the disc.Travel to bootdisk.com and DLoad a Win95 Custom bootdisk... Extract the file to a CLEAN floppy and use it to start the Packard Bell. Make sure in the opening screen you select "Start machine with CDRom support. After it finishes booting put a CD in the drive.At the A: prompt type D: and hit enter. At the D: prompt type dir /p. If this shows the contents of the CD then the drive is not faulty. You will have to DLoad and re-install the CDRom DRIVERS for Win95.
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