Apr 19, 1999 · C:\DRDOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:F The former loads the driver into memory, and the latter configures the MSCDEX.EXE program to interact with the driver, thus allowing the user (me) to access the CD-ROM drive. However, a problem has occurred. After installing the driver and restarting the system, one of two things happen 1.

Mar 17, 2004 · Hi ram_einstein, In your bootdisk's CONFIG.SYS file, you will need: DEVICE=oakcdrom.sys /D:MSCD001 In your bootdisks's AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you will need: MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:X SMARTDRV.EXE This should load your CD-ROM as drive letter X. You can change the X to another letter, or leave the "/L:X" off completely and the system …

Jan 6, 2017 · The application is called Software Toolworks Encyclopedia. It can't find CD-ROM drive when it is run under Windows XP. The same problem occured when it was run under windows 98 unless the bootable diskette was used instead of HD. (The bootable diskette contained MSCDEX. Unfortunately, my diskette drive is out of order.) Thanks in advance!

Dec 18, 1997 · An if I didn't here it is: Command Line Switches The following is the command line for MSCDEX.EXE: MSCDEX.EXE: /D:x /M:n /E /V /L:x /S /K The following table defines the MSCDEX.EXE command-line switches: Switch Definition /D:<device name> - Allows you to specify a name for the device driver. This name must be identical to the device name used ...

Jun 10, 2012 · @mtone, well, yes and no, i cannot access virtual CD-ROM w/o driver set. But of course i can use MS-DOS's boot menu capability to create "NOCD" configuration. MSCDEX refuses to move itself to the upper memory, but /E switch makes it …

c:\mscdex.exe /d:mscd001 Exit and save. Restart the computer or virtual machine. Now move to your C drive and type: mscdex.exe: /d:mscd001 /M:5 /V /L:d /S /K (this part /M:x refers to the amount of buffers your drive has.. it's either 4 or 5. usually 5) Create a blank floppy image either in VMware or MagicIso, then mount that new one.

Nov 4, 2002 · Using the second (floppy) method is easier, but there are a few tricks... namely you need to install dos drivers for your CD drive, and MS-DOS CD Extentions (MSCDEX.EXE) in the floppy image to enable access to you CD drive. If you have SCSI CD drives, then you need the DOS SCSI drivers and SCSI CD drivers as well as MSCDEX.

Nov 8, 1998 · cdd\mscdex 4. lh One of these is probably going to say 'Incorrect DOS version'. If it does, look for all instances of that file on your HDD and try running each, by going into the directory where the file is (ie: cd windows) and running it from there to narrow this down ...

Feb 21, 1999 · mscdex.exe command I have reformated my HD and am trying to use the mscdex.exe driver to run the CDROM. I have a boot disk which has this command in the autoexec: c:\cdrom\mscdex.exe /d:mscd0hp /m:12 When I boot from this boot disk, the CDROM drive is recognized.

Jan 6, 2015 · As Michael said, there is no “safe-mode” for DOS. What you need to do is to re-factor the config.sys file, so that you separate out each of the components to be loaded into its own section, then you can include them in each configuration as needed, and use the [common] section for, well, items common to all configurations.