How to Make Your CD-ROM Drive Accessible in Safe Mode

 

How to Make Your CD-ROM Drive Accessible in Safe Mode

 

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This article was previously published under Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q194846

 

SUMMARY

This article describes how to make your CD-ROM drive accessible in Safe Mode.  This may be useful if you are having problems installing Windows from CD-ROM, or if you are trying to determine if CD-ROM problems also occur in Safe Mode.

 

MORE INFORMATION

To make your CD-ROM drive accessible in Safe Mode, use the following steps:

 

NOTE: For this procedure to work correctly, real mode CD-ROM drivers must be installed.  If you are unable to obtain and install the original real mode drivers for your CD-ROM drive, consult the manufacturer of your CD-ROM drive, or see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

 

ARTICLE-ID:      190303

TITLE :              How to Use Real-Mode CD-ROM Drivers from Windows 98 Startup Disk

 

1. Restart your computer to a command prompt.  To do so, use the appropriate method:

 

Windows 95

 

·         Restart your computer, and when you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press F8, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.

 

Windows 98

 

·         Restart your computer, press and hold CTRL, and then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu

 

2. At the command prompt, type "win /d:m" (without quotation marks), and then press ENTER.