Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 04:44:38 -0700 From: carval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: VAIO PCG-505F notebook system restoration
Matthew Hanson wrote:
Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 09:54:18 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OT: VAIO PCG-505F notebook system restoration
Hey Carval...
From: carval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
No, CD-Rom drivers are not needed if it a Sony CD-ROM (PCGA-CD50/51/51A)
or one of the newer CD-DVD-ROM.
I started to write down the model of the CD-ROM (not DVD-ROM) tonight, but then forgot to do it. I used a Windows 98 floppy to start the system with the CD-ROM attached, and selected the option to boot with CD-ROM support. But when it got to loading MSCDEX.EXE, it reported "No drive found." I can hear the drive working with a CD loaded when BIOS is setting up, so something is going on there.
No, that wont work, when the Windows start- up disk ask if you want CD support, "it talking about support
for a CD-Rom build in to computer, you have a PCMCIA CD-COM. (I also had this problem load Linux)
If, you have a Sony CD-ROM, just set the Bios to boot from CD, insert Windows into CD Drive and off you go, you dont need the floppy drive.
If, you dont have a Sony CD-ROM Drive, you're going to have a make a bootable floppy with the correct
drivers for your CD-ROM drive
let know how you do?
Any suggetions for getting CD-ROM access for this pup when booting a FDD to DOS?
To get into the Bios, power up and keep tapping F2 go to> boot > CD rom Bios only has about 6 setting you can adjust?
That I was able to get into, and the boot sequence is indeed set to CD-ROM > FDD > HDD.
Matt
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