I have Windows Millennium :( What can I do?!!

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I have Windows Millennium :( What can I do?!!

Post by segasweet »

Yes, I have Windows Millennium and I HATE it's DOS. There are many DC burning programs, etc. that I want to use, and I can't because they won't run with Windows Millennium's DOS. Is there any way around this problem?!! It has finally drove me completly insane after I tried to run another program I wanted to use that wouldn't work. Is there anything I can do?!! Please help me!
Thanks for any help. :)
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Post by Hatecrime69 »

what you could try is if you have a friend still running win 98, have him make a boot disk for you and boot from that to get true dos mode (I know there is a way to get it in win me, but i'm still running 98 so i never needed to know :) )
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Post by Dr Zoidberg »

I'm also using WinME & I also hate DOS, but DSSBS Final works OK for me, have you tried that yet?
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Post by segasweet »

Yes, I use dssbs final constantly. I love it. But what I want to do is add a first audio track to my emulators to make the disk more like a real DC disk. I can't use cdrecord, or that one IP insertion program, so I don't know what to do. But I've never heard of making a boot disk from Win98, and using that on my computer...I'll have to look into that. thanks for the help.
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Post by |darc| »

CDRecord, mkisofs, and ipins used to work for me fine when i had WinME...

you have to be doing something wrong
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Post by segasweet »

As far as I know, there is absolutly nothing I am doing wrong. When I try to load up cdrecord, a DOS screen pops up for a second (when it starts to load cdrecord), then it just disappears. I can't use it. I'm really curious to know how you can get cdrecord running on your computer. Maybe there's something I'm missing???
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Post by |darc| »

Maybe you're not using the correct parameters? Try using selfboot buddy for this.

Selfboot buddy can be found at consolevision.com
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Post by I@N »

It sounds as though you are double clicking on the CDRecord icon from within Windows Epxlorer. If this is the case than this is what you are doing wrong.

you have to open a DOS prompt (START > Programs > Accessories > MS DOS Prompt), then use it to get to the directory with CDRecord and run it from there.

If I have misunderstood the situation then I apologise.

I Hope this helps :)
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Post by segasweet »

I@N wrote:It sounds as though you are double clicking on the CDRecord icon from within Windows Epxlorer. If this is the case than this is what you are doing wrong.

you have to open a DOS prompt (START > Programs > Accessories > MS DOS Prompt), then use it to get to the directory with CDRecord and run it from there.

If I have misunderstood the situation then I apologise.

I Hope this helps :)
That must be what I'm doing wrong!!! I will try it later. Thank you very much!! :) :) :)
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Post by segasweet »

Well, I tried getting into cdrecord from the MS-DOS prompt. No luck. It displays the same text that it normally would when the window would pop up and disappear when I tried to run cdrecord from Windows. Except now instead of the window disappearing, it goes right back to C:\WINDOWS>
and I can't use cdrecord. :(
Any other ideas?
Really, I don't even need to use cdrecord as long as I can find a way to make a disk with an audio track on it, like a real DC disk would. If there is a way to do that on Windows Millenium, could somebody please tell me? Thanks a whole lot. :)
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Post by stevo32 »

I don't have Windows ME, but on my brand new comp I have Windows Xp Home Edition, the DOS in Xp is emulated and I know that it sucks big time.
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Post by infinite-nothing »

you have ME and you want to know what you can do...............

get a diffrent version
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Post by Sir Slash »

I did these simple commands with both windows ME and XP... i don't see problems either way
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Post by Gmc »

Hmm...try installing new ASPI Drivers, and I never had any problems between 98/ME...but I'm using XP and still works anyway.
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Post by Great One »

could this be the reason why i cant get dc generator to work?? i have windows me and used dreamcast factory had no errors, but ended up with 4 wasted cds and my dreamcast is compatible
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Post by pavelbure »

sometimes when i try to burn emulators, i hit to burn the cd, and a dos screen pops up for a second then dissapears. what i have to do is go to cdrwin and find the image and burn the rest of the cd with that. i dont know if thats your problem, but this info might help someone. heres what i have to help

* Cdrecord problems:

If you get an error while attempting to burn the second
session let me first say this: YOU HAVEN'T BURNED A COASTER!
Well, at least not yet...

If you have problems using cdrecord you'll be able to burn
the second session using cdrwin:
http://www.goldenhawk.com/cdrwin.htm

I don't know what causes this problem, but here's the cdrwin
tutorial:

1] Click the fourth button with the screwdriver.

2] Change the top "Backup/Tool Operation" to:
Record an ISO9660 Image File

3] Click ... next to Image Filename and locate your data.iso.

4] Set Recording Options:

Disc Type: CDROM-XA
Track Mode: MODE2
Speed: 1X
Finalize/Close Session: Checked
Write Postgap: Checked
Open New Session: Unchecked
Verify Recorded Image: Unchecked
Test Mode: Unchecked
Enable BURN-Proof: Unchecked

5] Click START in the top right corner.

6] Try the disc in your Dreamcast when finished burning.
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Post by segasweet »

Hmmm. I'll have to try some of these things out. Cool. Thanks.
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Post by Roly »

I have windows me and some programs like cdrecord do just pop up then go away but I just use a selfboot buddy then burn it with nero. An it works!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by iantri »

CDRECORD is a console mode application. That means to run it you bring up a dos prompt and pass parameters to it.

For example, if I wanted to burn a iso I had made called my.iso, I would do this (differs depending on setup).

cdrecord my.iso -dev=0,0,0


You can not simply run it, there is no pretty GUI. If you run it without parameters it will give you a help screen. It tells you how to use it. Read it!

[edited to tone down my message, I was rather frustrated by the fact that somebody would expect a ported from linux console app to run like Microsoft Word]
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