Windows 95 Cd Rom Download

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Creating a CD-ROM Boot Disk for Windows 95. To Manually Create a Diskette which loads the CDRom Drivers (A Setup Boot Disk): This section will outline the process for creating a CD-ROM boot disk for use when reinstalling Windows 95. A blank, formatted floppy and the original Windows 95 CD-ROM are required. This assumes that you are using the. Almost every operating system nowadays is a 64 bits system. Software for Windows 95 or 98 is made for 32 bits DOS systems. When trying to get that software running on a Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 or Vista 32 or 64 bits system and they don't work, we have 4 possible solutions for you, of which 1 surely will work (it takes some experience and time though). Microsoft Windows Boot Disk 95 RTM. These disks are original boot floppy disk media for use with Microsoft Windows CD-ROMs. Not all Windows 9x/ME CDs are bootable, not all CDs included boot disks, and DOS will not see a CD-ROM drive unless a driver is loaded. Windows 95/98 provide class drivers for hard disk, floptical, CD-ROM, printer, and scanner peripherals. Various peripheral manufacturers provide other class drivers, which you can add to support new devices.

Many computers are shipped with a startup diskette that includesCD-ROM support. Check to see if you have one of these before takingthe time to make one. You can also use a Windows 98 Startupdiskette to access most CD-ROM drives, even if you are usingWindows 95.

If you do not already have a startup disk, you must make one beforeyou can modify it to access your CD-ROM. See the Knowledge Basedocument ARCHIVED: In Windows 95, 98, or Me, how do I make a startup (system recovery) disk?

Note: The instructions below assume that yourcomputer is running Windows 95, and that you have experience editingthe config.sys and autoexec.bat files.

Making the startup disk that will access your CD-ROM

To make a startup disk that can access your CD-ROM, you first needyour CD-ROM's driver file. This file will have the MS-DOSextension .sys and is either already on your computer, ona disk that came with your computer, or available from the CD-ROMmanufacturer's web page.

To see if the driver for your CD-ROM is already on yourcomputer

From the Start menu, select Run....
In the 'Open:' field, enter:
Click OK. This will bring up all the system files onyour computer.
Click the Config.sys window and look for a line thatsays:In the above example, cdrom is the directory where yourCD-ROM driver file is located, cdromdrv.sys is the nameof the driver file that loads your CD-ROM, and X is anumber (usually 1 or 0).
- If this line is already in your config.sys file, yourdriver is already on your computer and you can copy it directly toyour startup disk as instructed below.
- If this line is not in the config.sys file, then youmust install the drivers, and the installation program should insertthose necessary lines automatically. For installation instructions,see the installation disk or the manufacturer's web site.

To see if the CD-ROM drivers came on a disk included with yourcomputer

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It is possible that the drivers for your CD-ROM came on a system CD ora 3.5' floppy disk that was included with your computer. To findthese files:

Look through all the disks that came with your computer. Thecorrect disk will be labeled 'Driver', 'CD-ROM Installation Disk', orsomething similar. This disk should contain the driver for yourCD-ROM.
Once you find the installation disk, run the setup from a DOSprompt. This will copy all the necessary files to your computer, aswell as insert the required lines into the autoexec.batand config.sys files.

If you must download the driver

If the driver is not on your computer or on a diskette, you canusually download it from the manufacturer of either the CD-ROM or yourcomputer:

The driver files are usually located under a 'Support' section onthe manufacturer's web site.
Make sure to download the drivers specific to your model ofCD-ROM; otherwise, the file may not load.
Once you have found the file, save it to a directory on your harddrive. If it is a .zip file, be sure to uncompress itbefore you proceed. Remember the directory that you save it to,because you will need that information later.

Editing the `config.sys` and `autoexec.bat`files on the startup disk

Note: The following sets of instructions involveediting the config.sys and autoexec.batfiles on the startup disk. Do not make changes to theconfig.sys and autoexec.bat files on yourhard drive. If these files are changed, it could cause yourcomputer to boot improperly or not at all. Make sure that youdo not save any changes you have made when you exitthe Sysedit window or any edit window accessing theautoexec.bat or config.sys on your harddrive. Also, be sure that you do not copy these files from yourstartup disk to your hard drive.

Once you have run the CD-ROM installation in MS-DOS, follow theseinstructions:

Set up the `Config.sys` file on your startup disk

First, you must insert a line into the Config.sysfile on your startup disk and make a few changes. If you already hadthe CD-ROM driver file on your computer, you can simply copy the'DEVICE=' line from your config.sys file on yourC: drive to the config.sys file on yourstartup disk. The line in your original config.sys fileshould read:In the file on your startup disk, you must change that to:In the above examples, cdromdir is the directory on yourhard drive in which your driver file is located, andcdromdrv is the name of the driver for yourCD-ROM. Following is another example:
The original from the C: drive reads:
On your startup disk, this must be changed to:
You must copy your cdromdrv.sys file to the startupdisk in the root directory of the A: drive.To do this:
1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then clickMS-DOS Prompt.
2. Go to the directory where your CD-ROM driver file islocated. At the prompt, enter:In the above example, cdrom is the path thatcontains the CD-ROM driver.
3. Enter:In the above example, cdrom is the name of yourCD-ROM driver file. This will copy the driver file to yourA: drive and allow the command that loads the device inthe previous section to work.
To exit the MS-DOS window, enter:This will allow you to load your .sys file using theconfig.sys file on your startup disk when you boot thecomputer.

Configure your `autoexec.bat` file

Next, configure your autoexec.bat to loadmscdex.exe in order to gain access to your CD-ROM:

The autoexec.bat file is under theSysedit window. See if there is a line that reads:In the example above, any will be the directory path tothe MSCDEX.EXE file.
If you see the following line, you can enter it directly into theautoexec.bat file on your startup disk:
Note:LOADHIGH might be typed asLH; these are equivalent. The rest of these instructionswill use the LH notation.
You must edit this line; the original line should read:In the version on your startup disk, this must be edited to:Here is an example. The original line reads:This must be edited to:
Next, copy the mscdex.exe file from your hard driveto your startup disk. For Windows 95 and 98, themscdex.exe file is located in theC:WindowsCommand directory.
To copy this file to your startup disk:
1. From the Start menu, select Programs, then clickMS-DOS prompt.
2. Enter:
3. Enter:
4. To exit the MS-DOS window, enter:
This will copy the mscdex.exe file to yourA: drive, and will load the file when the LHcommand in your autoexec.bat file is executed when youstart your computer.