Creative GCD-R542B manual MSCDEX.EXE Settings

MSCDEX.EXE Settings

The syntax of the MSCDEX.EXE statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT is:

C:\path\MSCDEX /D:device /M:xx [/L:drive] [/E] /V

[ ] in the above statement refers to any optional parameters. After making changes to the statement, please remember to reboot your system for the changes to take effect.

The descriptions of the parameters are as follows:

Parameter	Description
path	Specifies the directory where the driver is stored.
/D:device	Specifies the name of the CD-ROM drive.
	Installation default is MSCD001.
/M:xx	Specifies the number of buffers to use for temporary
	storage of the most recent data. xx ranges from 2 to
	32.
	The performance of your drive increases with the
	value of xx.
		As each buffer uses about 2 KB of memory,
		specifying too many buffers may interfere
		with programs that have large memory
		requirements.
/L:drive	Specifies the drive letter assigned to the first
	CD-ROM drive. If this is not specified, the next
	available drive letter is used by your system.
		If you have specified the LASTDRIVE
		statement in your CONFIG.SYS, make sure
		that the drive letter falls within the specified
		range. See Appendix C, “Troubleshooting”
		for more information.
/E	Specifies the use of expanded memory. This
	parameter is only applicable to Expanded Memory
	Manager LIM version 3.2 or later.
/V	Displays RAM allocation and expanded memory
	usage at boot time.

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