Clarence, get the .exe file; either it's a self-extracting
archive which, when executed, will expand to the driver
and possibly utilities and possibly even explanations,
or else it's the driver itself. Drivers can be .exe
files, though it's rare (usually the .exe drivers can
load themselves after bootup, but for a CD in dos
that makes no sense, as MSCDEX has to know about
them earlier). My guess is, it's an archive.
Put it in a temporary directory (not c:\temp) and
double click it. See if it doesn't produce more
interesting stuff. Aren't there some words about it
on the web site.
Same comments for SBIDE. SBIDE.SYS is buried in
a self-expanding exe with a bunch of other stuff.
This is typical. One more time, welcome to Wintel <g>.
NTFSDOS is the thing we've discussed a few times
on this thread which allows you to read NTFS paritions
from a dos boot. Ignore it for the moment. Don't
worry about all these tools; get the basics.
If you didn't find expand.exe you're looking in the
wrong place. It's a staple. What it does is expand
those files you see on install disks as xxx.ex_ or
xxx.sy_ to xxx.exe and xxx.sys. It's the install version
of unzipping.
BUT you don't need it to start with. You DO need:
You're cd driver
MSCDEX.EXE
edit.com
attrib.exe
fdisk.exe
format.com
You hope you don't need the last three, but if you do,
you need 'em badly.
I would also recommend:
scandisk.exe
chkdsk.exe
just as a general precaution.
I may have .exe and .com wrong. Take whichever it is.
(.exe and .com are both DOS executables. .com files
can run in a smaller space but can use fewer resources).
Of course you also need all the files that you got
when making the boot disk in the first place.
>>Sure do... Are you saying put quotes around C\Program Files? The
funny thing about w98 not finding C\Program at startup is I click ok
on the message and thats the end of it.... no repercussions in system
functionality that I have come across yet.
No, don't put quotes around the folder. There's a reference
to it somewhere. If you've eliminated the folders, it's
in the registry. For another day.
It's not funny there are no repercussions. You're just
failing to start a thing you don't need (as it happens).
Maybe it's funny that it happened. Ha ha. You're right,
it's funny<g>. Keep smiling <GGG>. |
