Software Installation
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After installing the hardware, the following files have to be installed in order to
make known to your system that you have a CDROM drive installed.
LM581IDE.SYS A low level device driver for the interface card
This device driver will detect and identify the CDROM
drive.
MSCDEX.EXE MicroSoft CD EXtensions to make DOS able to access the
CDROM Drive
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MSCDEX Version 2.23
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The MSCDEX uses the following command line switches for line:
Switch Description
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/D:(device name) Tells MSCDEX.EXE where to find the device driver.
/E Tells MSCDEX.EXE to use expanded memory if your
system is using expanded memory.
/L:(drive letter) MSCDEX.EXE starts at the drive letter specified by
this switch.
/K Tells MSCDEX.EXE to use any Kanji (Japanese) file
structures, if present, rather than the default of
standard alphanumeric file structures.
/S Instructs MSCDEX.EXE to patch DOS to allow sharing
of CD-ROM drives on MS-NET based network servers.
/M:(value) Tells MSCDEX.EXE how much memory to allocate for
caching information on the CD-ROM.
/V Provides memory usage statistics, such as how much
memory is used by buffers, resident data, resident
code.
Example:
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:4 /L:E
where: /D:MSCD001 identifies the drive name as MSCD001.
/M:4 Memory caching is set for 8 kilobytes.
/L:E the CD-ROM drive letter is E.
When these modifications are completed, it will be necessary
to reboot your system (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del). This will
reconfigure your system based on the modified AUTOEXEC.BAT
and CONFIG.SYS files.
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Instalation procedure
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a) Turn your computer on
b) Insert the diskette in drive B: (ie: if your source drive is B)
c) Type B:
d) Type INSTALL
The batchfile INSTALL.BAT will copy all the files to a subdirectory \CDROMDRV
on the harddisk and modifies the config.sys and autoexec.bat files
In addition to copy all the system files for the CD-ROM drive, the INSTALL.BAT
also copy the files for the CDCACHE to a subdirectory \CDROMDRV\OPTI-CD.
Details of the OPTI-CD can be found in the READ.ME files of the
\CDROMDRV\OPTI-CD subdirectory.
Please take note that this installation procedures do not set up opti_cd
caching program, if necessary, please modify the following statement
in your Autoexec.bat file:
C:\CDROMDRV\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /M:8 /V /E
Replace With
C:\CDROMDRV\OPTI-CD\CDCACHE /H:MSCD001 /K /DC /X:512
C:\CDROMDRV\MSCDEX.EXE /D:$cdcache /M:8 /V /E
After the installation has been completed, please reset computer for the
new drivers to take effect.
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Below a sample of what should be in the config.sys file
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LASTDRIVE=Z
DEVICE=C:\CDROMDRV\LM581IDE.SYS /D:MSCD001
/D:MSCD001 specifies the device name. This is default set to "MSCD001"
Any name can be chosen as long as you choose the same in the
autoexec.bat file discussed later.
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Below a sample of what should be in the autoexec.bat file
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C:\CDROMDRV\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /M:8 /V
/D:MSCD001 specifies the device name. This is default set to "MSCD001"
Any name can be chosen as long as you choose the same in the
config.sys file as discussed earlier.
/M:8 specifies the number of buffers. default is 8 buffers
/L:x forces the cd-drive letter to drive x
if omitted, the first available drive will be selected
i.e. in a configuration of drive A,B and harddisk C: the
cdrom drive will be D:
/E Tell MSCDEX.EXE to use expanded memory if your system is using
expanded memory.
Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.