How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS? Intended For Windows 98 Windows 95 When Windows isn't running, neither are any of its drivers. You'll have to install the appropriate DOS drivers for all of your devices into ancient files called AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS - follow the instructions that come with each device to do so. Hint: you can get CD-ROM support in DOS by booting off of the Windows Startup Disk (double-click Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, and choose the Startup Disk tab). Written by: Annoyances.org Last updated: Saturday, August 11, 2001 Care to discuss this article with other Windows users? Select your operating system here, and click Continue to post your question. - Choose your OS -Windows 7Windows VistaWindows Server 2003Windows XPWindows 2000Windows MeWindows 98Windows 95 Previous discussions about this article: (open a message to see applicable responses, if any) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (S. Couprie: Friday, September 14, 2001) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (tim burke: Saturday, December 15, 2001) [Windows Me] Question about 'How do I get my CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (David: Saturday, April 27, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (Lana Jill: Sunday, July 21, 2002) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (Tanya: Tuesday, April 1, 2003) [Windows Me] Question about 'How do I get my sound card to work? (Jessica: Sunday, December 28, 2003) [Windows XP] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (David Bonner: Saturday, February 14, 2004) [Windows 98] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (Jeff: Friday, July 2, 2004) [Windows 2000] Question about 'How do I get my sound card and CD-ROM drive to work in DOS?' (denny: Monday, April 25, 2005) [Windows 98] Sound Card Inrformation (Jonathon Bolden: Friday, January 13, 2006) Return to "Troubleshooting"