Samsung SW-206 System Requirements, Installing the CD-R/RW Drive, Installing the Device Driver

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System Requirements

Before you install the CD-R/RW drive, we strongly recommend that you make certain that your set-up meets the system requirements listed below.

Item

Description

Type of computer

Pentium 133MHz(or higher) with an IDE interface

 

(For 6X writing, 166MHz recommended)

 

 

RAM

16MB RAM(or higher) (Recommend 32MB)

Hard drive

528MB higher(Transfer Rate 800KB/sec higher, Access

 

Time 20msec Lower)

MS-DOS

5.0(or higher)

 

TIP:For MS-DOS, The CD-R/RW drive can only Read a

 

disc without Premaster Software

Windows

Microsoft® Windows 95®, 98® or Windows NT 4.0®

 

TIP:For Windows NT®, we recommend Service Pack3.

 

 

Installing the CD-R/RW Drive

Install the CD-R/RW drive in your computer horizontally, making sure that the Open/Close button is on the right.

To install the drive, proceed as follows.

1 Turn OFF your computer. Remember to verify the configuration jumper on the rear of the CD-R/RW drive.

2 Remove the cover of your PC(main unit of the computer).

3 Remove the blank cover panel of the 5.25 inch unit in which the CD-R/RW drive is to be installed.

4 Connect the CD-R/RW drive to the IDE interface and power cables located inside your computer.

Connectors are keyed so it is impossible to put them in

an incorrect position. Do not force the connectors, if they

do not seem to fit.

5 Install the CD-R/RW drive into the unit and secure it with mounting screws (recommended standard M3x6).

Depending on your PC model, you may need to attach

guide rails to the drive, so that the drive is held firmly in place.

On the ground that the guide rails are parts of the computer,

☛ ◆if you don’t have these, please purchase separately.

If you use screws that are longer than the recommended

☛ ◆standard, you may damage the drive.

6 Put the cover back on your PC.

Installing the Device Driver

You can install the device driver for DOS or for Windows.

 

TIP : You can use the CD-R/RW drive to only read a disc in DOS/Windows 3.1.

 

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Device Driver is located at [DDriver] folder of bundle [Recording S/W CD]

 

 

 

 

 

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Turn on your computer and wait for it to boot.

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Insert the bundle CD into CD-R/RW driver.

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Windows 95/98 user

When you are in Windows 95/98 or NT,

 

/NT 4.0

it is not necessary to install Device

 

 

 

Driver. Whereas, when you are in Dos

 

 

 

 

Mode of Windows 95/98 or NT,

 

 

 

 

then install as follows.

 

 

 

 

Click on MY COMPUTER icon.

 

 

 

 

Click on the CD-R/RWicon.

 

 

 

 

 

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Run the CDSETUP program:

 

 

 

Windows user

Double-click CDSETUP.EXE of

 

 

 

 

[DDRIVER] folder from the Windows File

 

 

 

 

Manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To...

Then click...

 

 

 

Confirm the installation

OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit without installing

CANCEL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Result: If you answer Y(OK), the installation program automatically

 

 

 

Creates a SAMSUNG directory on your hard disk

 

 

 

Copies the required softwares (mscdex.exe and sscdrom.sys)

 

 

 

Modifies the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files

 

 

 

 

 

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When the Setup Completed screen is displayed, remove the installation

 

 

 

disk from the drive.

 

 

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Reboot your system.

 

 

 

 

Result: The computer restarts

 

 

 

Both the device driver and MSCDEX are loaded.

 

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