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Alex
December 4th 03, 11:46 PM
Before Windows starts CDROM has no letter. I'd like to start a program from
a bootable CD in Laptop, but I cannot find how to refer to it in .bat file.
In WinXP Computer Management CD-ROM is pointed as CDROM0. I tried in .bat
file ... e.g., "type cdrom(0)\a.txt" or "type cdrom0\a.txt" but it does not
work.

I know that HDD is: "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)" or
"\Device\Harddisk(0)\Partition(1)".

But how to refer to CD-ROM before Windows is started?

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