Dueling Problems prevent fatal error fix in WIN95

[corker]

On a Gateway G6 w/ 266PII there is a Fatal Exception Error that reads: 016F:BFF9A25B. It can only start in safe mode. Attempting to run MSINFO32.EXE or SFC results in "cannot find or one of it's components is missing". SCANREG/RESTORE results in "bad command".
Safe boot has indicated error in A:\CDROMDRV.SYS, and, error in CONFIG.SYS, line 3.
The system had a faulty CDROM that did not get replaced BEFORE the fatal error showed up. It has been replaced and the system has recognized it but cannot find a driver. My repair strategy seems to have to work without the CDROM. Any ideas?

 

[jguillory]

Boot to safe mode and remove the CD driver in Device Manager. Reboot and Windows should autodetect your new CD. I can not imagine a new CD that is not PNP so you should be fine.

 

[corker]

I did that after installing the CDROM. The system did autodetect the new unit but I still get messages implying that no driver is available. What else can I try?

 

[edfair]

Pull the line 3 from the config.sys. You shouldn't need any drivers with the new drive. Something isn't adding up here. Your error message is reporting calling a driver from the a: drive. Evidently your previous drive needed a driver but it was looking on a: so there should have been errors then too.
I suspect that your previous drive needed drivers so it could be found. Now that it has been removed the driver is reporting that the drive is missing. Ed Fair
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