formatted computer, now can't read CDRom

In the BIOS, make sure boot from has CDROM listed first.
How to get into the BIOS? Turn it on and press F8 or DEL
(look at the bottom of the screen and whatever key it states
to press to get into the setup). Then on the floppy make
sure it has the MSCDEX.EXE file. (That's a generic one that
works with all but the esoteric ones).

Helen

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: "RDale" <robdale.nospam RemoveThis @remove.no.spam.magma.ca> wrote:
: >I formatted a friends computer because of a bunch of
problems with it. Now
: >I'm trying to install XP. In DOS, I can get the floppy
drive and the
: >harddrive, but not the CD ROM. He has two CD ROMs on the
computer, both
: >older drives, on is a burner.
: >I thought I could use a standard CD Rom driver diskette to
get the CD to
: >work (so I can load XP), but I can't get the computer to
access either CD
: >Rom. In both cases it says "drive not accessible".
: >
: >What am I doing wrong?
: >
: >TIA
: >Rob
: >
: http://www.bootdisk.com/
: you need to boot with cd rom drivers present so dos can see
them.
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