More than likely, the machine has an IDE CD-ROM drive and you can easily
swap out the CD-ROM with a newer model. I don't know why it wouldn't work
though since i've seen a lot of old 1X and 2X Sony CD-ROM's upgrade without
problems to a newer drive (and not Sony either).
I've got a CD-ROM boot disk that supports several different manufacturers if
you want to try it. Let me know if you want to try it out. It worked great
for all of our older machines when we upgraded them from Win3.1x to Win95b.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of The Man From Utopia
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 7:31 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: RE: off topic: computer help needed
>
> sorry for using dml space for this but a resource is a
> resource and i need help.
>
> the scenario: upgrading a 95 nec computer from windows 3.1
> to windows 98
>
> the problem: it won't do it.
> the solution?: i tried it in windows. i tried it in dos. i
> formated drive c and tried in dos again. i tried with
> a win 98 boot disk. win 98 disk keeps trying to install its drivers
> for the cd rom onto the computer and they don't work but that's not
stopping
> it from wiping the functioning drivers from the machine.
> the questions?:a friend mentioned defragging and formatting
> drive c any value in that.
> another suggested that perhaps the cd rom wasn't in a 32 bit format?
> a web site mentioned a bios update was necessary(nec is out of
> buisness though) what do i do now?
> would this be way easier to do this in to stages win 3.1-95-98?
Does this machine has a standard IDE CD-ROM or a SCSI CD-ROM? Open the
machine and look at the data cable going to the CDR. If it has a 36 pin
connector it is IDE, if it is a 50pin then it is SCSI. What exactly is
happening??? Are you getting error messages when the drivers are loading or
when you are trying to access the CDR or is it not reading the CD at all??
Older CD-ROM drives have a problem reading multi-session CD's or CD's that
were created either at speeds higher than 1x or in CD-XA format(BTW what
speed is the CD-ROM drive???). NEC bought out Packard Bell years ago. Both
NEC and PB computers sucked big time. It is possible that the CD drive has
crapped out on you too.
Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ
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