re: Installing 2000 with BackPack CD Drive
Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by DEX
(11847 messages posted)
You can also help some one :>)
Please revisit your post so that others on this forum will know if the solutions
were helpful or not helpful ........
Ken
Just install XP, it will have most of the drivers you need.
That's to say you don't need to install w2k 1st.
Win2k Q and A Click Here
C. H. Forum Click Here
Repair Win2k Click Here
On Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 12:17 pm, Ken Balcerak wrote:
>I have a Dell Latitude XP laptop running Windows 95 with an external BackPack CD-Rom
>drive, model #181100 by “MicroSolutions”. I am trying to install Windows 2000 Pro
>with the intent of upgrading to XP. Here is my problem. I get all the way through
>the installation process to where it’s looking for the CD drive. It has me press
>“S” to install external hardware. Then ask to insert disk Manufacturer Hardware
Support
>Disk (it’s looking for TXTSETUP.OEM). I insert the disk with that file. Screen comes
>up configure for “BackPack Series 5-6 Drive”. Then ask to insert disk with BP32DRV4.SYS,
>I do so. Screen comes up Windows 2000 will load “BackPack Series 5-6 Drive”. Then
>comes up Windows 2000 Checking “C” Disk Size, program running about 1 min. checking.
>Then ask to insert disk labeled “BackPack Drivers”. And that my problem. I don’t
>know what files the program is ask for. The drives from “MicroSolutions” is in an
>.EXE file. I extracted the drives from this .EXE file but none of them in the installation
>process. Does anyone know what drivers Windows is looking for?
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