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SCSI CD-ROM drive with an Adaptec 2940 or 3940 PCI SCSI

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on the hard disk, copies it to the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk, and names the device driver LOADSOFT.SYS. Note: If your CD-ROM drive requires more than one device driver (for example, device drivers associated with parallel ports or SCSI chains), do not use this option. In this case, you must add the device drivers to the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk by using the procedure in "Method 1-Adding Your CD-ROM Device Driver to the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk" on page 33. If the recovery program cannot find a CD-ROM device driver listed in the CONFIG.SYS file, you are prompted to press any key to continue; then the CD-ROM Driver List screen is displayed (this screen is also displayed when you select 2. Select a CD-ROM driver from the list). 2. Select a CD-ROM driver from the list This screen lists the CD-ROM device drivers that come on the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk. The screen also has a user-added CD-ROM driver selection. If you have an IBM internal IDE CD-ROM drive, an IBM SCSI CD-ROM drive with an Adaptec 2940 or 3940 PCI SCSI adapter, or an external Disctec Roadrunner parallel port CD-ROM drive (only if you are using a U.S. CD), you can select one of these CD-ROM device drivers. If none of the device drivers in this list will work with your CD-ROM drive and you cannot use option 1, you must permanently add the appropriate device driver to the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk, using the procedure in "Method 1-Adding Your CD-ROM Device Driver to the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk" on page 33. After you have added the device driver to the diskette, you must select 3. User-added CD-ROM driver from the CD-ROM Driver List screen. 5. Specify partitioning and formatting of the hard disk. You can reinstall Windows 95 in any of the following ways: Partition (or repartition) and format the entire hard disk, and then install Windows 95 on drive C. Chapter 4. Reinstalling Windows 95 27

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on the hard disk, copies it to the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
,
and names the device driver LOADSOFT.SYS.
Note:
If your CD-ROM drive requires more than one device
driver (for example, device drivers associated with
parallel ports or SCSI chains), do not use this option.
In this case, you must add the device drivers to the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
by using the procedure in
“Method 1—Adding Your CD-ROM Device Driver to
the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk” on page
33.
If the recovery program cannot find a CD-ROM device
driver listed in the CONFIG.SYS file, you are prompted to
press any key to continue; then the CD-ROM Driver List
screen is displayed (this screen is also displayed when you
select
2.
Select a CD-ROM driver from the list
).
±
2.
Select a CD-ROM driver from the list
This screen lists the CD-ROM device drivers that come on
the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
.
The screen also has a
user-added CD-ROM driver selection.
If you have an IBM internal IDE CD-ROM drive, an IBM
SCSI CD-ROM drive with an Adaptec 2940 or 3940 PCI SCSI
adapter, or an external Disctec Roadrunner parallel port
CD-ROM drive (only if you are using a U.S. CD), you can
select one of these CD-ROM device drivers.
If none of the device drivers in this list will work with your
CD-ROM drive and you cannot use option 1, you must
permanently add the appropriate device driver to the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
, using the procedure in “Method
1—Adding Your CD-ROM Device Driver to the CD-ROM
Setup Boot Disk” on page
33.
After you have added the
device driver to the diskette, you must select
3. User-added
CD-ROM driver
from the CD-ROM Driver List screen.
5.
Specify partitioning and formatting of the hard disk.
You can reinstall Windows 95 in any of the following ways:
±
Partition (or repartition) and format the entire hard disk,
and then install Windows 95 on drive C.
Chapter 4.
Reinstalling Windows 95
27