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[ Installations Plus+ PC Forum ] [ Archive 071200 ] Posted by: Louis Bruno (Forum Host) from 200.white-plains-01-02rs16rt.ny.dial-access.att.net on December 12, 2000 at 08:12:26
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In Reply to: Help with cd rom for win 3.1 on a 486 posted by Jeromy Mayer on December 12, 2000 at 01:13:22Subject: Re: Help with cd rom for win 3.1 on a 486
Windows 3.1 does not have CD-ROM drivers of its own (like Windows 95 and later versions). It uses the DOS drivers. If you can access the drive in DOS, you should be able to access it in Windows.
If you're not seeing the drive in Windows File Manager, add a drive letter switch to the MSCDEX.EXE call in the AUTOEXEC.BAT. At the end of the line, add " /L:D" without the quotes, but including the space, where D is the letter you want assigned to the CD-ROM.
Good luck!