Manual installation – EXP Computer CRW with DVD ROM Card User Manual

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7. Reboot your computer and the CD-RW drive will be defined as the next available drive letter. For

example, if the last hard drive of the computer is drive C, the CD-RW drive will be assigned to

drive D.

Manual Installation

You may also manually install the external CD-RW device driver if the default setting conflicts with

your system. Perform the following procedures to complete the manual installation.

1. Copy the file ARICDF.EXE from the device driver diskette to your hard disk.

2. Add the following line to the TOP of your CONFIG.SYS file. If there is already a LASTDRIVE

line with a letter other than Z, change it to Z.

LASTDRIVE=Z

3. Add the following line to the BOTTOM of your CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=drive:\path\ARICDF.EXE /P:320 /D:MSCD001

Where

drive:\path

specifies the directory containing ARICDF.EXE.

Note: If your CONFIG.SYS file is already loaded with PCMCIA software, such as Cardsoft of

SystemSoft or Cardtalk of Databook, it is necessary to add the above line after the

PCMCIA software. Otherwise, the PCMCIA interface card will not be initialized properly.

ARICDF.EXE is the device driver for the PCMCIA CD-RW. The parameters of ARICDF.EXE

are described below:

/P

is used to set the I/O ports, and the valid numbers are 320, 340, and 360, and the default

setting is /P:320.

/D

is used to set the device name. It can be any name up to 8 characters. This name must be the

same as the name specified in the MSCDEX.EXE option /D:name in the next step.

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