Strange Problem in Ms-Dos

Nicksta · #1 July 10th, 2003, 03:55 PM

Hey i have a Hewlett Packhard Pavilion with windows 98 installed...just recently i went to ms-dos mode and a mesage came up saying that there was a error on line 15 in config.sys but thankxs to GRETAP i fixed it, but now there is one more error. after i fixed this and restarted a mesage popped up saying:

Device Driver not found: 'IDECDOOO'
No Valid CDROM device drivers selected

**GretaP** · #2 July 10th, 2003, 11:36 PM

If you're running WIN98, you don't need config.sys or autoexec.bat files.....they can be empty and Windows will run just fine.
Either via My Computer or Windows Explorer, navigate to the root directory (i.e., C:). Go to View>Folder Options>View tab and click in the radio button beside "Show all files" and if there is a checkmark in the box beside "Hide file extensions for known file types" click in that checkbox to clear it, then click on Apply then OK. Right-click on config.sys, select Rename, then rename it to config.old and then do the same for Autoexec.bat file. If you get the "Are you sure you want to rename this file" dialogue box, click Yes. Now, open Notepad, do not type anything in it and go to File>Save as. Ensure that in the "Save in" field, C: is selected, in the "File name" field key in config.sys and ensure that All Files (*.*) is selected in "Save as type" field, then click on Save button, and repeat the procedure using autoexec.bat for file name. Exit notepad.

Restart your computer and see if the error messages are gone.

Y.O. KiLLa · #3 July 12th, 2003, 03:19 AM

nope i went back to ms-dos and no valid cd-rom drivers were detected and when i went back to windows and i tried to insert a cd into my cd-rom drive a error message came up and now my cd's wont play :o

**GretaP** · #4 July 12th, 2003, 03:43 AM

Do you happen to have a file, probably in C:\Windows folder, called dosstart.bat?

What error message did you get when you inserted a CD in the drive?

Nicksta · #5 July 17th, 2003, 08:09 PM

a fatal exception OE has occured at 0028:00000013

**GretaP** · #6 July 17th, 2003, 10:44 PM

That error message that's causing your CDs to not play is not a recent problem. You've posted about it in at least three separate threads. Have you tried any of the possible troubleshooting steps that were given to you?
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