MSCDEX.EXE won't load

Michael Tabak

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Feb 3, 2001, 4:20:30 PM2/3/01

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I am able to load PCMCIA card drivers and a CD-RW driver from
config.sys under a DOS boot (on a computer with Windows 95 OSR2), but
I can't get MSCDEX to load. The computer simply hangs.

Any suggestions of how to get MSCDEX to load or of where I can find
such information?

Thanks very much.
Regards - Michael Tabak * mta...@mindspring.com

TechRat

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Feb 3, 2001, 5:11:58 PM2/3/01

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Did you try putting a copy of MSCDEX in your root directory then making a
path to it? You can also direct Autoexec.bat to run it for you , but you do
not need either autoexec.bat or config.sys in windows95 unless you plan to
run something that need them from the root (c:)

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Michael Tabak

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Feb 3, 2001, 10:05:32 PM2/3/01

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You are correct that MSCDEX doesn't load from config.sys. What I
meant to say was that (a) I am able to load the PCMCIA card drivers
and the CD-RW driver from config.sys, but (b) I am unable to load
MSCDEX from autoexec.bat without hanging the computer.

If I eliminate MSCDEX from autoexec.bat, I am able to boot, but if I
then attempt to load MSCDEX from the command line, I hang the
computer.

I have tried loading MSCDEX with the same types of parameters that you
have listed, except I followed the CD recorder manufacturer's
recommendation of using /M:4. What would the effect be of using
/M:32?

Thanks again.

On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 22:39:11 +0000, Mike <SXMYQX...@SPAMmotel.com>
wrote:

>I hope I'm not being presumptuous here, but MSCDEX doesn't load
>from config.sys!
>To get DOS CD support you need the following lines in:
>
>CONFIG.SYS (Substitute the correct path/filename)
> DEVICE = C:\CDROM\CDROM.SYS /D:CD001
>
>AUTOEXEC.BAT (substitute the 'Q' of /L:Q for the CD drive letter)
> C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CD001 /L:Q /M:32

Michael Tabak

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Feb 3, 2001, 10:09:46 PM2/3/01

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Since I understand that Norton Ghost 2001 needs to run from a boot
directly into MS-DOS, I have been following Ghost's directions about
trying to boot to DOS (instead of Windows 95 OSR2) from a boot floppy
disk.

I have tried loading MSCDEX from an autoexec.bat file on the boot
floppy, with MSCDEX itself being on the boot floppy. Alternatively, I
have tried giving the full path to the MSCDEX copy on the C: drive.
In both cases, the computer hangs instead of loading MSCDEX.

If I don't try loading MSCDEX, the computer boots into DOS, but then
cannot read from the CD-R.

I would appreciate any further suggestions. Thanks!

On Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:11:58 -0500, "TechRat" <2re...@uplink.net>
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Michael Tabak

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Feb 8, 2001, 9:54:54 AM2/8/01

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I discovered the cause of my problem. Norton Ghost, which I used to
create the boot disk, installs IBM PC DOS instead of MS-DOS.

Neither the Microsoft mouse driver nor Microsoft's MSCDEX.EXE would
load under IBM PC DOS.

When I created a boot disk from Windows 95, installing MS-DOS, both
the mouse driver and MSCDEX.EXE loaded correctly.

res096rf

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Feb 8, 2001, 10:33:55 AM2/8/01

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The Windows98 Startup Disk will load generic CD ROM drivers.

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