Re: VPC 2007 and PC DOS 2000 (CD/DVD drive not recognized by DOS VM)

On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:34:10 GMT, "CookyMonzta via WindowsKB.com"
<u50174@uwe> wrote:

>How do I get Virtual PC 2007 to access my CD/DVD drive for my IBM PC DOS 2000
>VM? When I run DOSShell in PC DOS, I see only the A, B and C drives. I have
>a floppy (A) and 2 hard drives (C, D). My DVD burner is E. The B drive in
>DOSShell is irrelevant because it corresponds to nothing on my hardware; but
>I'm still trying to get PC DOS to recognize my DVD drive.

You need to install CD-ROM drivers. DOS does not come with them
preinstalled.
The easiest way is to use the VMAdditions from VPC2004, you can
download them from my website.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/