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ANFPS26, Thanks, but I tried that, along with a slew of other lines that I thought might help, but then it doesn't boot properly. Originally, there was nothing in config.sys...or autoexec.bat, and the system seems to work better like that now.....don't ask me why because I haven't got a clue. I...

garebo, no need to be sorry, at least you tried to offer some help. dell, gateway, compaq......never again! I also build my own now. My good rig is EZ to fix when something gets messed up, I know exactly what to look for. This gateway is another story, it's just an old rig that I was trying to...

joykaym, you should be able to use any windows boot disk with generic cdrom drivers. My gateway starts and runs using anything from W95 to W98, and my cdrom does work with generic drivers.....I made my own custom boot disk using the best features from all boot disks. You can download from...

garebo, I know cdrom are cheap these days, but unfortunately a new one won't solve the problem here. I experimented with 2 other newer drives and couldn't get either to work in the gateway. So $5 or $10 would've been spent for nothing. I can get the cdrom to work under dos, but not windows. The...

UPDATE: I'm very close to getting the cdrom working! I found the following at Intel: Description Some versions of Windows 95 may not recognize the IDE controller on Intel motherboards using the 82371SB PIIX3 or 82371AB PIIX4 component. This can cause the BIOS to disable the secondary IDE...

OK here's the deal.......I don't believe there's anything physically wrong with the drive....it works fine in another machine, and a different drive won't work in the gateway. After plugging/unplugging the cdrom and changing things in the bios and device manager, this is what I've got: with the...

w98 boot disk and w/cd support option finds the drive and it tries to work but i get the code 4 message. i'm thinking there's a prob in the registry. i thought i had it straightened out this evening, and i had the drive reading a cd from windows explorer, but it wouldn't show up in the device...

It's an older gateway (P5-200) windows 95 machine. hard drive went bad, fixed that and tried to install windows from CD, but it wouldn't work, even with the cdrom being the first boot device in the bios. So I installed w95 from backup floppies. The CDROM is actually a Mitsumi FX120T plugged into...