Subj : Re: Upgrade
To   : Bennie Hutto
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Wed Jul 25 2001 12:24 am

-=> Bennie Hutto wrote to Alan Zisman <=-

 BH> Hello Alan!

 BH> 24 Jul 01 17:15, you wrote to me:

 BH>> Hello everybody!
 BH>>  I know this might sound like a stupid question, BUT...
 BH>> I upgraded one of my machines to Win2kpro, I know the
 BH>> autoexec.bat from Win98 was renamed autoexec.nt, but where the
 BH>> heck did the config.sys go?? I can find no config.nt on the
 BH>> machine anywhere.

 BH>> The reason is, I have a SCSI 7 CD-changer that is not found by
 BH>> any windows OS and the drivers need to be loaded in the
 BH>> config.sys. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 AZ> If you need DOS-level drivers, you're out of luck-- they aren't
 AZ> supported in W2K (or Win ME for that matter).

 BH> So in essence, you're telling me I wasted my money.
 BH> Lu'vly... just freakin lu'vly.


 Depends... Microsoft, and most reviewers over the past year have been pretty
up front that Win2K, like NT, does not support the full range of hardware
supported by Win9x. Microsoft publishes a hardware compatability list-- and
only guarantees that Win2K will work with hardware on that list. Anything else
is at your own risk.

 As well, it's been pretty well-known that Win2K is built on an NT-core, not a
DOS-core, as was Win9x. This was a conscious decision on Microsoft's part,
trading backwards compatibility for increased stability. You got bitten by that
trade-off.

 If you really need access to the CD-Changer, you could set it up in a cheap,
older system, and set up a quick and dirty home network, sharing the CD drives,
so they could be accessed by the Win2K system.

 Or you could always return to Win9x on your main system. Millions of people
are still using Win95 or 98-- and will continue to do so for years to come.
Microsoft is promising more hardware and software compatibility for the
upcoming (NT-based) Windows XP-- but I would be surprised if it supports
DOS-level drivers, as you need.
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