From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: July 19, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: Win2K setup doesn't recognize my CD-ROM
>
> Leo,
> Hello. I have a Pentium 3 Micron Laptop that, a couple years
> ago, for some reason died. I (somehow) was able to install
> RedHat Linux v.9 on it. I now have a Windows 2000 OS
> installation CD and I am trying very hard to install windows
> on the laptop. the problem is that after i put in the four
> floppy disks to boot it with, it says that "setup can't find
> a CD ROM Drive." I know that the CD ROM Drive works, because
> I've used it in Linux and it works fine. Please tell me how
> I can solve this problem - I really need help! Do I need to
> format my C drive (aka get rid of Linux) before setup will
> recognize the c drive? Please help!
No, it's just likely that your CD-ROM is not one that
Windows 2000 setup will recognize. It's not easy to deal
with, but I've sometimes been able to work around it by
copying the CD-ROM image to the hard disk somewhere,
and when it prompts for the CD, point it at that instead.
But formatting the machine or removing Linux won't help.
Thanks for asking!
Leo
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