Miata Mailing List: January 1999, Message #38

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Do you really want to do this? You will need to reload all your
drivers, e.g. video, sound card etc. Be sure you have all the
relevant diskettes or get them from your card makers before you
kill windows.

You can reinstall Windows if you think the problem is corrupted
Windows files. Do this by rebooting to DOS through Windows. For
improperly uninstalled programs, get Norton Utilities or some
equivalent and run Norton WinDoctor (or equivalent) to clean up
the mess.

In any event, I suggest you go to the www.gateway.com website
and download a resque disk before you start. You should have
gotten one at purchase that included the CD driver etc. Mike


Michael J. McIntyre
Wayne State University Law School
mikemci@home.msen.com
Web Site: http://home.msen.com/~mikemci
FAX: (734) 769-8989
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-----Original Message-----
From: moments <moments@totcon.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@realbig.com>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 12:44 PM
Subject: CD-ROM Help Needed (NMC)


>Okay, I know this isn't alt.windows.fubar, but I know there are
some
>VERY computer-knowledgable folks on this List.
>
>Platform: Gateway 233 mhz Pentium II w/ Mitsumi FX240S !B
CD-ROM drive
>D.
>System: Windows 95 as delivered by Gateway.  I have the Gateway
system
>CD.
>
>Problem: I get a lot of lockups with necessity to reboot, and
several
>apps are acting goofy even after reboot.  Virus check of all
files is
>negative.  I speculate that perhaps Windows files are corrupt,
and I
>know there are some bits and pieces of incompletely uninstalled
>programs here and there, since many so-called uninstalls only
do a
>partial job.  I think I want to back up my docs, take this bear
all
>the way down with a format C:, and reinstall the most minimal
Windows
>95 it will let me get away with - plus all my apps again.
>
>I've created a bootable system floppy for drive A.  BUT, trial
boots
>tell me that when booted with the floppy, it doesn't recognize
the
>CD-ROM, so I know I wouldn't be able to load Windows from the
CD
>disc.  My last Gateway computer had a Sony CD-ROM drive, and I
had
>found the exe and driver files and put them on the boot floppy
so and
>notated the autoexec.bat and config.sys files so I could run
the
>CD-ROM.  You'd think I could do the same thing this time, but I
can't
>find the exe and the necessary drivers for this CD-ROM.  If I
go to My
>Computer, Properties, Device Manager, CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive,
Drivers,
>it says no driver files are required or have been loaded for
this
>device.  I don't believe it - especially since it says that for
all
>devices, some of which almost certainly have drivers installed.
>
>I've used the FIND utility, looking for MITSU, etc.  Ios.ini
says
>there are four mtmcdXX.sys files associated with the CD-ROM,
but
>searches for them indicate they aren't present.  I do have a
CD-ROM
>folder with one driver in it - mtmcdai.sys.  Putting it on the
floppy
>does nothing, probably because there are no call-outs on the
>autoexec.bat and config.sys file, 'cause I don't know what to
call
>out.  The C: drive autoexec.bat file mentions CD-ROM only in a
useless
>REM, with no active statement.  Yet the device works.  Clearly,
>there's much here I don't understand.  What tells the computer
the
>CD-ROM is there?
>
>I created the needed floppy for the old computer, but this one
throws
>me.  Can anyone enlighten me?
>
>Many thanks in advance.
>
>Required Miata content: Crazy Red Italian leather seat
installation is
>proceeding well, in between bouts with the computer.
>
>--
>Bill Gusky and Petunia
>Red '91, license "MOMENTS"
>http://www.totcon.com/users/moments
>DeLand, Florida
>"Too soon oldt, und too late schmart!"
>
>