Kay, I'm gonna assume you mean CONNECTIX VIRTUAL PC. You need to capture your CD-ROM drive in one of the drop-down menus.

I captured the G: (my CD drive) and i wrote G: in the DOS window....but it didnt work 🙄

Soooo? do you know how to do or not? 🙄

Originally posted by kukus444 When im going to install win 95 on my new drive, then i cant reach the CD-ROM. I can only reach C: \ and A:\
I have my CD-ROM at F:\ , so my question is: How can i reach F:\? when i write f: in C:\ then it shows "wrong *bla bla bla*" (i have the swedish version, so i dont know what it shows in english 😁 So how can i reach my CD? I need to install an OS.

*shakes head*

kukus, stop and think about this. It's a PC emulator, so now that you've set it up, you're in exactly the same position that you would be if you had a real (empty) hard drive and CD-ROM:

You need an OS to access the CD-ROM...
but you can't access the CD-ROM until you install an OS.

Back when Win95 came out, it was (apparently) presumed that your CD-ROM came with a driver disk that would setup the driver for you (except of course, those need an OS on which to install the driver).

Fortunately, you have an easy way out: go to [url]http://www.bootdisk.com,[/url] grab the Windows95B Bootdisk (boot95b.exe).

Put a (real) blank floppy in it's drive then run the executable. After it creates the boot disk, start up the Virtual PC and it will boot from the (real) floppy and set up the CD-ROM drive (R: for some reason). When it finishes, mount your Win95 CD in Virtual PC, then switch to the R: drive in Virtual PC then start up the Win95 setup program. You'll need to leave the floppy in the drive until the control is switched to Windows95.

Hmm, i knew that i had to install the CD stuffs, but i thougt i did that, because i installed DOS 6.22 before...but perhaps it didnt work then. And after that, i realized that i forgot to install the "add on" disc with such stuffs. Well well, but i have already installed win 98 😁 But thanks for your help anyway...i think i will add the http://www.bootdisc.com to my favourites....😉

kukus444 wrote:

Hmm, i knew that i had to install the CD stuffs, but i thougt i did that, because i installed DOS 6.22 before...but perhaps it didnt work then. And after that, i realized that i forgot to install the "add on" disc with such stuffs. Well well, but i have already installed win 98 😁 But thanks for your help anyway...i think i will add the http://www.bootdisc.com to my favourites....😉

Now i will try to install win95 too, and all can say this far is that connectrix virtual PC are one of my favorite programs...

Originally posted by kukus444 Hmm, i knew that i had to install the CD stuffs, but i thougt i did that, because i installed DOS 6.22 before...

DOS doesn't include the CD-ROM drivers you need. You'll always need a DOS driver from the manufacturer or a "generic" DOS CD-ROM driver.

Nicht Sehr Gut wrote:

DOS doesn't include the CD-ROM drivers you need. You'll always need a DOS driver from the manufacturer or a "generic" DOS CD-ROM driver.

kukus444 wrote:

And after that, i realized that i forgot to install the "add on" disc with such stuffs.

I think there are cdrom drivers at that disc, but im not sure. Do you know if it is?

Originally posted by kukus444 I think there are cdrom drivers at that disc, but im not sure. Do you know if it is?

Which disc is "that disc"?

Nicht Sehr Gut wrote:

Which disc is "that disc"?

Hmmmm...it is in swedish, but i will translate...uuhhm...it says "expansion disc" or "add on disc" only, but it is for MS DOS 6.22. 3 discs for the install, and the add on disc....

Originally posted by kukus444 ...it says "expansion disc" or "add on disc" only, but it is for MS DOS 6.22. 3 discs for the install, and the add on disc....

No. The OS will include the MSCDEX needed to access the CD-ROM, but it won't include the driver. Like I said, CD-ROM drivers usually came with the CD-ROM drive on a floppy disk. It usually included an automatic installer that modified the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files for you so you could access the CD-ROM at the DOS level.

You either need to use the manufacturer’s DOS driver or a generic DOS driver. There should be a virtual floppy included with VPC named "Dos Additions.vfd". Running the install program on that virtual floppy will install Connectix DOS (Virtual) CD-ROM driver (as well as a DOS network tool, and Idle-CPU detection program).