I/O Magic MagicSpin manual Mscdex.Exe

Note: DOS installation requires MSCDEX be present on your system. MSCDEX is included with DOS versions 6.0 and above. If you do not have MSCDEX, contact your computer reseller for assistance.

MSCDEX.EXE

MSCDEX.EXE is Microsoft’s CD Extension and is used to interface your PC to the CD-ROM drive. For the CD-ROM drive, MSCDEX.EXE version 2.21 or above is required.

During installation, a line is added to your AUTOEXEC.BAT that loads the MSCDEX.EXE driver. The entry in your AUTOEXEC.BAT will be something similar to:

C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCDD001 /V

The entry follows the format of:

[drive:\][path\]mscdex.exe /d:device_name [/l:letter] [/m:<number>]

Note: This line is not necessary if your are using your CD-ROM under Windows 98/95.