Help....

[beepshouse]

Hello,

I am trying to install windows 95, (or 98 as I have the upgrade for that). It is a Dell Laitude. It has the swappable floppy disk and cd rom. My problem is I can format the hard drive with the 95 OR 98 drive. I followed other directions on these forums ( here---> http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22468&highlight=swappable ) and I could get all the way to the end except there is NO letter drive to pick up the cdrom. :hmm: Any help would be greatly appreciated. I know this is an older version of windows, but this laptop does not have the horsepower to run xp.

Again, thanks for any help you all can give.

[mattpg1]

Welcome to CTH.

I'm not as much as an expert but here's my ideas.

In the other thread you linked to it says "If D doesn't work, try E: then F: , etc.". Did you try A: or B:? Did you try the whole alphabet?

Did you start up the computer with the cd-rom in it and go into the BIOS setup? Does your BIOS see the cd-rom? Does your BIOS say anything about your computer being bootable from the cd-rom or do you know if it is? Is there a section about the boot sequence for you to look in?

Did you download and install the CD_ROM drivers linked to in post 7 of the thread you linked to? If so, they might just not be able to use the brand of cd-rom on your computer.

Have you been able to read or copy anything from a cd in the cd-rom?

Have you tried to boot from a bootable cd? Do you have one?

[Idnew]

Did you use a boot disk with cd support? That is a very old thread and you can get boot disks for win95 with cd support