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DentOrange · 12-04-2004, 03:21 PM

I am using a DELL Dimension XPS D300 machine with Windows 95 from 1997. I need to reload Windows 95. The problem is that I have replaced the broken original Toshiba CD-ROM drive with a Yamaha CRW2000E. In order to use the WIN95 CD-ROM, I will need to have DOS drivers for this device. The existing boot disk's Toshiba driver hangs when I use it. Yamaha has closed up shop for CD-ROM drives and I can find no drivers for it anywhere on the web, except for newer versions of Windows.

Since it looks like I can't do the reload from the CD-ROM drive, I've copied the contents of the WIN95 CD-ROM to one of my SCSI hard drives, which *is* recognized after booting with the DOS boot disk. But it looks like I would have to create new .INF files that ignore the CD-ROM drive, and I don't know if the operation could proceed from a SCSI hard drive, in any case.

I would welcome any suggestions on how to proceed here. Thanks.

12-04-2004, 03:21 PM	#1
DentOrange Member (2 bit) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 3	Win95 reload but no drivers for new CD-ROM drive I am using a DELL Dimension XPS D300 machine with Windows 95 from 1997. I need to reload Windows 95. The problem is that I have replaced the broken original Toshiba CD-ROM drive with a Yamaha CRW2000E. In order to use the WIN95 CD-ROM, I will need to have DOS drivers for this device. The existing boot disk's Toshiba driver hangs when I use it. Yamaha has closed up shop for CD-ROM drives and I can find no drivers for it anywhere on the web, except for newer versions of Windows. Since it looks like I can't do the reload from the CD-ROM drive, I've copied the contents of the WIN95 CD-ROM to one of my SCSI hard drives, which is recognized after booting with the DOS boot disk. But it looks like I would have to create new .INF files that ignore the CD-ROM drive, and I don't know if the operation could proceed from a SCSI hard drive, in any case. I would welcome any suggestions on how to proceed here. Thanks.