Creative GCD-R542B manual Testing the Installation, Config.Sys

The installation program creates a directory to store the accompanying software. The program adds the following statements to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files respectively:

AUTOEXEC.BAT:

C:\path\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 /M:8 /V

CONFIG.SYS:

DEVICE=C:\path\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1E8,11 /V

If you are connecting your drive to the hard disk controller card, the statement added to your CONFIG.SYS is

DEVICE=C:\path\SBIDE.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:1F0,14 /V

For more information on these two statements, refer to the section “Changing the Driver Settings” in Chapter 4. It is important to reboot your system for the changes to take effect. When you reboot, the MSCDEX statement will display the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive.

If you wish to connect your new drive to your existing CD-ROM drive, read the section “Connecting Additional Drives” in Chapter 4. If you wish to replace your current CD-ROM drive with this new drive, remove your drive’s driver settings from the CONFIG.SYS file before you reboot your system. Refer to your DOS manual for more information.

Testing the Installation

After installing the software and rebooting your system, you need to ensure that your CD-ROM drive and drivers are installed properly. Before you test your drive, make sure a pair of speakers are connected to your system. If you do not have an audio card, connect your speakers to the Stereo Phone Jack on your drive’s front panel.

To test that your drive is working properly:

1.Load an audio CD onto your disc tray.

2.Change to the installed directory.

3.Type TESTCD and press <Enter>.

4.Follow the instructions on the screen.

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