HELP! MSCDEX GP2

I'm using WIN95 and while I can play GP2 I would like to see if it's faster in ms-dos. The problem I'm having is when I restart in ms-dos mode I lose my cd-rom drive. The game begins to load and then MSCDEX missing comes up and that's it. I've checked the config.sys files to try and locate the driver but it's not there. Thanks in advance for any help offered. Mark W

>I'm using WIN95 and while I can play GP2 I would like to see if it's >faster in ms-dos. The problem I'm having is when I restart in ms-dos >mode I lose my cd-rom drive. The game begins to load and then MSCDEX >missing comes up and that's it. I've checked the config.sys files to >try and locate the driver but it's not there. Thanks in advance for any >help offered. MSCDEX is located in your \WINDOWS\COMMAND directory. -=Don=-

BTW, MSCDEX is loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT not CONFIG.SYS. If you're lucky, you might find a line like this in AUTOEXEC REM by Windows setup: D:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE D: .......etc. The etc is you're specific info. I think Windows is supposed to "unrem" this when running MS-DOS mode. I have a DOS startup menu that allows me to keep from starting 95 at all. -=Don=-

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> I'm using WIN95 and while I can play GP2 I would like to see if it's > faster in ms-dos. The problem I'm having is when I restart in ms-dos > mode I lose my cd-rom drive. The game begins to load and then MSCDEX > missing comes up and that's it. I've checked the config.sys files to > try and locate the driver but it's not there. Thanks in advance for any > help offered. > Mark W

Mark, All you need to do is open c:\windows\dosstart.bat and add an entry lh MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /L:K If the file doesn't exist just create it. This file is executed when you Start->Shut Down->Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. If you press F8 when booting and select boot to command prompt only, you'll need to type DOSSTART in order to access you CD-ROM. Hope this helps. Glynn E. Bradley

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> I'm using WIN95 and while I can play GP2 I would like to see if it's > faster in ms-dos. The problem I'm having is when I restart in ms-dos > mode I lose my cd-rom drive. The game begins to load and then MSCDEX > missing comes up and that's it. I've checked the config.sys files to > try and locate the driver but it's not there. Thanks in advance for any > help offered. > Mark W

Mark, in your Windows directory there is a file called dosstart.bat. You must put the mscdex command line here. Win95 will read this file any time it reboots into ms-dos. As for GP2, there is a utility to use the game without the CD in the drive at several GP2 sites. One I know of for sure is at HCE GP2 Homepage at http://www.walkin.nl/gp2/