Dell XPi/XPi CD manual Installing the CD-ROM Drivers, Installing the MS-DOS Utilities, Windows

5.Follow the instructions on your screen. At the end of the procedure, restart your computer to use the program.

Installing the CD-ROM Drivers

If you are using the Windows 3.x operating system, you must install special drivers to make your built-in CD-ROM drive work properly.

If you are using the Windows 95 operating system, you do not need to install the CD-ROM drivers.

Windows 3.x

To install the CD-ROM drivers in the Windows 3.x oper- ating system, follow these steps:

1.Save your work and exit Windows before using the installation program.

2.Insert the MS-DOS Utilities diskette into the diskette drive.

3.At an MS-DOS®prompt, type a: to change to the diskette drive, if necessary.

4.Type install.

5.Follow the instructions on your screen to com- plete the installation.

6.Restart the computer to activate the new drivers.

7.Add the following line to your config.sys file: lastdrive=k

If you need more information about how to edit your config.sys file, see your MS-DOS documentation.

Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups 3.x, and Windows 95

The MS-DOS utilities are automatically installed when you install the Dell Control Center in the Windows 3.x, Windows for Workgroups 3.x, and Windows 95 operating systems. The installation program places the mks2d.exe, rms2d.exe, and asset.com utilities in your c:\dell\util directory.

For more information on using the asset tag code or suspend-to-disk partition utilities, see the readme.s2d file in the same directory.

To use the MS-DOS utilities in the Windows 95 operat- ing system, Dell recommends that you restart your computer in MS-DOS mode. To restart in MS-DOS mode, click the Start button, and then click Shut Down. Select the Restart in MS-DOS Mode option, and then click the OK button.

Windows NT 3.51

To install the MS-DOS utilities in the Windows NT 3.51 operating system, follow these steps:

1.Insert the Dell Control Center diskette into the diskette drive.

2.Copy each of the MS-DOS utilities on the Dell Control Center diskette to your hard-disk drive. At a command prompt, type copy a:\ filename and press <ENTER>, where filename is mks2d.exe, rms2d.exe, asset.com, or readme.s2d.

3.Restart your computer to activate the utility.

For more information on using the asset tag code or suspend-to-disk partition utilities, see the readme.s2d file.

Installing the MS-DOS Utilities

The MS-DOS utilities let you configure certain features of your computer, such as the asset tag code and suspend- to-disk partition.

Installing the PC Card Manager Utility

If you are using the Windows 3.x operating system, the PC Card Manager lets you examine a PC Card’s configu- ration and reconfigure an installed PC Card.

If you have the Windows 95 operating system, use the operating system’s PC Card utility to configure PC Cards. It is not necessary to install a separate utility from diskette.

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