First post, by Overheat
Hello,
I've come to these forums for guidance. I've recently been getting into old big box games for their wonderful artwork and the nostalgia involved in handling them and installing them. However, as is often the way with these things, I'm running into a few issues. I think I may start fresh with my setup and re-install Windows, but if there's a quick trick to fix my system less drastically, then I thought I'd best ask first.
First of all, here's the system I'm using:
OS Microsoft Windows 95C
Motherboard Dell E139761 Slot 1
CPU Intel Pentium II 350Mhz
RAM 128MB PC100 168pin
Video ATI Rage Pro Turbo 8MB AGP
Sound Creative Sound Blaster Vibra 128 PCI CT4810
HDD Maxtor 10GB IDE
Optical Compaq CRD-8322B CD Drive 32x
Removable Compaq Floppy
Case Compaq DeskPro EP6500
PSU Dell PS-5201-7D 200W
Hopefully that's comprehensive enough for now. Anyway, first problem, which I'm hoping to solve by swapping my CT4810 for an ISA CT2950, is getting Discworld and Simon the Sorcerer to work in DOS. But the main issue I'm looking to solve and the reason for this post is getting some Windows 95 games to see my CD Drive.
The main games I've tried so far that seem to be affected by this are Tiberian Sun and Sudden Strike. Both of these games install fine, but when it comes to trying to play the game, they cannot detect the CD drive. Sudden Strike even seems to search the floppy drive instead of the CD drive when looking for the game CD. I'm not sure if this error could be caused by anything I've changed in config or autoexec to get the CD drive to work in DOS, which I why I'm considering formatting and starting again, and probably building a seperate DOS PC as well (which I'm going to write another post for in a moment), but if this is something that someone here has come across before and knows a quick fix, then that would be great.