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While these lines may sometimes be needed for the CD-ROM to work properly, they may also cause the CD-ROM not to load or cause an error with other drivers. Some CD-ROM manufacturers may place additional switches on the CD-ROM lines. You should receive a memory error message if not enough memory is available. Second, if the high memory managers are being loaded, ensure the computer has enough memory to load these devices into the high memory portion of your memory. If you are using the LOADHIGH or DEVICEHIGH statements, ensure your computer is loading the memory manager (EMM386.exe and HIMEM.SYS). The same goes for the DEVICEHIGH statement. If there is a space in the line, the computer will not load this line. Mistakenly a user or a program may place the LOADHIGH command with a space in the line. Some programs or operating systems may place the CD-ROM drive line in your autoexec.bat or config.sys more than once, causing errors. A remark skips the line as the computer boots and if in front of any CD-ROM line causes the CD-ROM not to work.
Occasionally, Windows or other software may place REM ( remark) in front of the CD-ROM lines in either the autoexec.bat or the config.sys. Ensure it's pointing to the appropriate location. The name can be anything and located anywhere. Finally, the NEC_IDE.SYS in the above example, is the name of the driver.If these names don't match, your CD-ROM drive will not load. However, this name must match what's in autoexec.bat. The /D: MSCD0001 is the device name, not the driver, and can be anything.The MSCDEX line in the autoexec.bat may be in C:\DOS instead of C:\Windows\COMMAND.When using "LOADHIGH" and "DEVICEHIGH," make sure the "=" immediately follows these statements.You do not want a space between the LOADHIGH or DEVICEHIGH these are one word.Autoexec.bat LOADHIGH=C:\Windows\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 Config.sys DEVICEHIGH=C:\CD-ROM\NEC_IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001Īlthough the above examples are not used with all computers autoexec.bat and config.sys, it shows the following.
Below is an example of a line used to load the NEC CD-ROM drive.
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Below are examples of the format of how the drivers should be loaded in your autoexec.bat and config.sys. Manufacturerįor a CD-ROM drive to work in MS-DOS and Windows 3.x, it's required that the CD-ROM drivers be loaded in the Autoexec.bat and Config.sys. If you're running Windows 95 or later get your drivers' from our disc drivers section. Below is a listing of the major disc drive manufacturers and their related driver files.
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This page contains additional information on how to get your computer CD-ROM detected and working from an MS-DOS prompt and Windows 3.x.