BOOT DISK INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS 95 (For Windows or Win95 Games) 

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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:  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.  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
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DRV\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:MSCD001 /P:220
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
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX /D:MSCD001 
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. In the new Notepad screen, enter the 
following lines:

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS 
DOS=HIGH,UMB 
FILES=30
BUFFERS=20 

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 Windows Notepad program. 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 
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If you decide to write or fax, please provide the following information so
that Sierra Technical support can assis you as efficiently as possible:


Name:
Fax number:
Phone number:
Address:

Game name, version number and UPC Code (from game box): 

What problem are you having?  Be VERY specific.  Is there an error message?
What is it?  Where does it occur? Does it happen the same way each time?




Are you playing in Windows or DOS?

Type of computer (386, 486, etc.)

Brand of video card (Trident, Diamond, etc.)

Amount of RAM (4 meg, 8 meg, etc.)

DOS version (MS-DOS 6.0, PC-DOS 6.2, etc.)

Windows version (3.1, WFWG, Win95, etc.)

Brand of sound card and sound card settings (SoundBlaster Pro, Forte16, Mozart, 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 or 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.



