CD-ROM device driver for ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE =================================================================== I. General II. Environments III. The Procedures of Installation IV. Changing Settings I. General =========== The CD-ROM packet comes with an installation utility. This installs the nessary CD-ROM drivers needed by your CD-ROM drive to interface with your PC. Files ----- The drive installation diskette includes the following files: README.TXT -- User's guide INSTALL.EXE -- CD-ROM installation program CDTECH.SYS -- CD-ROM device driver CMNAE2.TXT / CMNAF2.TXT / CMNAG2.TXT / CMNAS2.TXT -- CD-ROM manual UDMA.TXT -- Ultra DMA insturction II. Environments ================= Hardware Requirements --------------------- 1. IBM PC/AT or compatible (80386-base system recommended) 2. Minimum EGA graphic display (VGA recommended) 3. Minimum 2M RAM recommended Software Requirement -------------------- 1. Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later 2. MS-DOS version 5.0 or later 3. MS-DOS CD-Extension (MSCDEX 2.21) or later III. The Procedures of Installation =================================== To install CD-ROM device driver, please follow the steps below: 1. Insert the installation diskette in your system's 3.5-inch floppy disk drive. 2. Change the directory to that of your floppy disk drive, and type the following at the DOS prompt: INSTALL <Enter> 3. Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation. 4. Reboot system to activate the driver. In general, you can just continually press the Enter key to install the default settings. A directory (default C:\CDROM) containing the CD-ROM drivers is created during installation. Your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files are also modified to include the following lines: CONFIG.SYS : DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 /UDMA2 /V AUTOEXEC.BAT : C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /M:10 IV. Changing Settings ====================== To reconfigure the settings of the CD-ROM driver, use a text editor, such as EDIT.COM, to modify the previous two command lines in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT and then restart your computer to activate it. Changing the CONFIG.SYS file ------------------------------ DEVICE=<path>\CDTECH.SYS /D:<device_name> The <device_name> is the name MSCDEX will use to find the device driver. The maximum length of <device_name> string is 8 characters. Example: DEVICE=C:\CDROM\CDTECH.SYS /D:MSCD001 Changing the AUTOEXEC.BAT file ---------------------------- MSCDEX /D:driver [/E] [/K] [/S] [/V] [/L:letter] [/M:number] Example: C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /M:10 For more information, you can refer to the MS-DOS online help for MSCDEX by typing HELP MSCDEX.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.
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