IBM 28L2234 manual Drive Is not Recognized by the operating, System or, Erratically

IBM 2X/4X/24X CD-ReWritable Internal IDE Option Kit

If	this	line is not	present,	add it.
					The CD-ReWritable	drive	is not	recognized by the operating
5. Save	the	CONFIG.SYS	file and	exit.
					system or the	drive	performs	erratically.

6.Type E (or your editor name) AUTOEXEC.BAT and press Enter.

Some

computers,

such

as

IBM

PS/ValuePoint

models

6472,

6482,

7.

Check

for

the

following

device

driver

line.

6484,

6492,

and

6494,

have

compatible

and high performance

modes

LH C:\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD1

/M:1

for

mass

storage

devices.

Normally,

the CD-ReWritable

drive

functions

better

under

the

high

performance

mode.

However,

if

your

If

this

line

is

not

present,

add

it.

drive

is

not

functioning

properly

in

that

mode,

you

might

need

to

use

8. If the Windows screen

automatically

opens

when

you

start

your

compatible

mode.

computer,

check

that

the

line

Check

the configuration-setup information

for

your computer.

LH C:\MSCDEX /D:IBMCD1

/M:1

1.

Access

your

configuration

utility

program.

comes

before

the

line

that

starts

Windows

WIN(

).

If

not, move

2. Select Devices .

3.

Scroll

down

to

the Mass

Storage

Devices

section.

the

MSCDEX

statement

above

this

line

in

the

file.

4.

Mass

Storage

Devices

contains

the

entriesPrimary

IDE

Mode

9.

Save

the

AUTOEXEC.BAT

file

and

exit.

and

Secondary

IDE

Mode

.

These

entries

are

used

to

set

the

10.

Make

sure

that

the

device

drivers

are

on

the

hard

disk

and

are

performance

mode

of

each

IDE

port.

Set

the

mode

to

compatible

for

the

port on

which

you

have

installed

your

displayed

in

the

correct

directory,

as

shown.

CD-ReWritable

drive.

C:\IBMIDECD.SYS

Other

IBM

and

non-IBM

computers

might

have

similar

settings.

C:\MSCDEX

Check

to

see

if

your

BIOS

or

configuration-setup

utility

provides

for

If

the

device

drivers

are

not

present,

reinstall them.

See

the

compatible

and high

performance

modes

for

IDE

performance.

For

READ.ME

file

on

the

IBM 2X/4X/24X CD-ReWritable Drive

these

computers,

use

the

compatible

mode

for

slower

IDE

devices,

Option Diskette

for

more

information.

such

as this CD-ReWritable

drive.

Refer

to

the

documentation

that

comes

with

your

computer

for

additional

details

on

selecting

IDE

performance

modes.

Many

older

computers

will

not

have

a

selection

of

IDE

performance

modes.

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