Re: DOS Disk

[jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <942301440.529624292@midpoint>, phoenyx <phoenyx@texas.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Jon Bettencourt wrote:
>>Mine's not HPFS. It's NTFS. Should I try to use Windows' version of the
>>program (MSCDEXNT.EXE)?
>I've been doing some research on your problem. You're really kind stuck
>unless you want to reset your system. You should be able to put files on
>the MsDos floppy and run the emulator from there. The program you want
>to run won't help. It's the MS CD EXtension. Lot's of luck
>Phoenyx

I did put the files on the DOS disk and run them from there. The thing is,
the emulator won't let me select any disk images. I was thinking that it
might want to get it's disk images from the C drive. The only problem with
that is, MS-DOS doesn't want to access the C drive.

I looked in the AUTOEXEC.NT file and found the MSCDEXNT.EXE program being
loaded there. I was thinking that maybe that program let the Virtual DOS
Machine windows access the extra drives (i.e. C drive and D drive).

Also, I did click on "Compress C Drive" in the Properties window. I later
decompressed the folder with ApplePC in it. Could the compression be a
problem (when I was compressing it, it said it couldn't compress NTLDR
because it would render the system unoperable)?


Two lines in the AUTOEXEC.NT file:
  REM Load CD-ROM extensions:
  lh MSCDEXNT.EXE

Running MSCDEX.EXE in MS-DOS says this:
  usage: MSCDEX [D: driver] [L: letter]

It might have said more. I don't remember.

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