BOOT DISK INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS 95 (For Windows or Win95 Games) Sierra Technical Support provides this documentation as a reference to Sierra customers using Sierra software products. Sierra Technical Support makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained in this documentation is accurate. However, Sierra makes no warranty, either express or implied, as to the accuracy, effectiveness, or completeness of the information contained in this documentation. SIERRA ON-LINE, INC. DOES NOT WARRANTY OR PROMISE THAT THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL WORK WITH ANY OR ALL COMPUTER SYSTEMS. SIERRA DOES NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY, EITHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL, FOR THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN, INCLUDING ANY AND ALL DAMAGE TO OR LOST USE OF COMPUTER HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS, LOSS OF WARRANTIES, OR LOST DATA BY THE CUSTOMER OR ANY THIRD PARTY. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY SIERRA, ITS EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS, DEALER OR AGENTS SHALL CHANGE THE RESTRICTION OF LIABILITY OR CREATE ANY NEW WARRANTIES. IN NO CASE SHALL SIERRA'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SIERRA SOFTWARE PRODUCT. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please read all instructions before beginning this procedure. If you are not playing a CD game, you can skip Steps 2 and 3. STEP 1 FORMATTING THE DISK To make a boot disk, you must system format a high density diskette in the A: drive. This procedure will transfer the "system files" to the disk and allow the computer to boot up correctly. The disk must be in the A: drive; the computer will not boot from the B: drive. To format a disk in Windows 95, put the disk in the drive, open My Computer, then right click on the A: icon. From the pop-up menu, select Format. Under "Format type" select Full; under "Other options", choose Copy system files. Click on Start. After the disk is formatted, you must copy the MSDOS.SYS file from the hard drive to the floppy disk. To do this, leave the floppy disk in the drive, open Windows Explorer and find the MSDOS.SYS file in the root of the C: drive. Right click on the file, then select Send To from the pop- up menu. Send the file to the A: drive. NOTE: #1 There will be a MSDOS.SYS file on the floppy disk, but it will be "0 bytes" in size. You must copy the one from your root directory in order for the bootdisk to correctly go into Windows 95. #2 If you don't see the MSDOS.SYS file in Explorer, the file is hidden. To make the file visible, select View, Options, then Show All files. If you do not wish the hidden files to remain visible, you can hide them again after you've made the boot disk by choosing View, Options, Hide files of this type. STEP 2 LOCATING THE CD ROM DEVICE DRIVER The CD ROM drive requires a device driver loaded in the CONFIG.SYS file. This driver must be loaded correctly or you will be unable to access your CD ROM drive. To make sure that the device driver loads correctly on the boot disk, look at the CONFIG.SYS on the hard drive and copy the driver line from there. To display the CONFIG.SYS, click on the Start button, then choose Run. In the command line, type SYSEDIT, then hit O.K. The SYSEDIT window will appear. Click on the CONFIG.SYS title bar to display the CONFIG.SYS file. Look for the line that loads the CD ROM device driver. The line should look something like this: DEVICE=C:\DRV\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 - OR - DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRV\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 - OR - DEVICEHIGH /L:14652 =C:\DRV\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 The device driver in your CONFIG.SYS may differ slightly from those listed above. Carefully write down the line for use in your boot disk. If you have a SCSI CD ROM drive, there may be an additional driver in your CONFIG.SYS that must be loaded for the CD ROM device drivers to load correctly. Check your CD drive documentation for more information. NOTE: If you cannot find your CD ROM driver in the CONFIG.SYS file, you may need to look in the CONFIG.DOS file. To access this file, choose Start, Run, then type NOTEPAD C:\CONFIG.DOS. If you still cannot locate the driver, check your CD ROM drive documentation or contact the drive's manufacturer. STEP 3 LOCATING THE MSCDEX CD ROM EXTENSION (May be optional - See Note below) NOTE: If your CD ROM drive has native 32-bit Windows 95 drivers, you will NOT need to load MSCDEX.EXE on your boot disk. If you are unable to access your CD ROM drive if MSCDEX is not loaded, contact your system manufacturer or CD ROM drive manufacturer for Windows 95 CD ROM drivers. In the meantime, you can use these instructions to load MSCDEX in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on your boot disk. In addition to the CD ROM device driver in the CONFIG.SYS, your CD ROM drive requires MSCDEX, the Microsoft extension for CD ROM drives. If this extension is not loaded correctly in the AUTOEXEC.BAT, you will be unable to access your CD ROM drive. To make sure that MSCDEX loads correctly on the boot disk, use SYSEDIT to look at the AUTOEXEC.BAT on your C: drive and copy the MSCDEX line from there. It should look something like this: C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 - OR - LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 - OR - LOADHIGH /L:14429 C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 The MSCDEX line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT may differ slightly from the ones above. Carefully write down the line for use in your boot disk. If you cannot find the MSCDEX line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file, then most likely you do not need to load it to access your CD ROM drive in Windows 95. Skip this step and continue to Step 4. STEP 4 CREATING THE CONFIG.SYS FILE To create the CONFIG.SYS file on the boot disk, choose Start, Run, then type NOTEPAD A:\CONFIG.SYS in the command line field. This will start the Windows Notepad program. A dialog box will appear asking you "Do you want to create a new file?" Hit YES to proceed. In the new Notepad screen, enter the following lines: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS DOS=HIGH,UMB FILES=30 BUFFERS=20 NOTE: Computer systems vary and yours may be set up differently than others. If you are having a problem with the bootdisk, then try locating the HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE files to be certain the location is correctly specified. Ex. DIR C:\HIMEM.SYS /S Ex. DIR C:\EMM386.EXE /S This will tell your computer to look for the file HIMEM.SYS, starting in the root directory and working it's way inside every directory on your Hard Drive. After the file is found, it will display the directory of that file. This path should be the same as it is in your Bootdisk. Where these files are located in your Windows 95 directory is where you should specify in your CONFIG.SYS file to look. Ex. DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\HIMEM.SYS - OR - Ex. DEVICE=C:\WIN95\HIMEM.SYS Add the CD ROM device driver as you wrote it down in the "Locating the CD ROM Device Driver" section. The device driver should look something like this: DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRV\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220 Save the file by clicking on File, Save. Close Notepad by clicking on File, Exit. STEP 5 CREATING THE AUTOEXEC.BAT FILE To create the AUTOEXEC.BAT file on the boot disk, choose Start, Run, then type NOTEPAD A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT in the command line field. This will start the Notepad program. A dialog box will appear asking you "Do you want to create a new file?" Hit YES to proceed. In the new Notepad screen enter the following lines: @ECHO OFF C:\ SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM PROMPT SIERRA BOOT DISK $_$P$G PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\SIERRA;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND If your CD ROM drive requires the MSCDEX CD-ROM extension, add the line loading MSCDEX that you wrote down in Step 3 Save the file by clicking on File, Save. Close Notepad by clicking on File, Exit. STEP 6 REBOOT THE COMPUTER AND RUN THE GAME Leave the disk in the drive and restart the computer by clicking on Start, Shut Down., then Restart the computer. The computer will now re-boot with the boot disk. When Windows 95 restarts, start your game again. IF YOU STILL HAVE PROBLEMS... If you continue to experience problems, or if you have any questions concerning any of the above steps, Sierra Technical Support will be happy to assist you. You can reach Technical Support at (206) 644-4343 between 8:15 am and 4:45 pm, Monday through Friday. 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Type of computer (486, Pentium, etc.) Brand of video card (Trident, Diamond, etc.) Amount of RAM (12 meg, 16 meg, etc.) Windows 95 version (4.00.950, etc.) Brand of sound card and sound card settings (SoundBlaster Pro, Forte16, etc.) Please be VERY specific with the brand name. Sound card settings include DMA, IRQ and I/O values. Any disk compression? What kind? (Doublespace, Stacker, etc.) Any third-part memory manager? What kind? (QEMM, 386MAX, etc.) Largest executable program size / bytes free after booting with the boot disk. (Type MEM to find out.) What have you tried so far? (Boot disk, no sound, etc.) Please attach copies of your CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT from your hard drive and the boot disk.