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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows 3.x/9x/ME => Topic started by: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 11:11:34 AM

Title: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 11:11:34 AM

I haven't yet gotten the DVD drive I ordered, but have everything else.  There's one question left.  Does anybody know if there'd be a way to get it to read a 1998 game DVD under Windows 95?  I was hoping somebody might have an answer.

The DVD-ROM drive is the Samsung SD-612.  I need to find a Windows 95 driver for it.

The game I want to be able to get this drive to detect and run is "Riven: The Sequel To Myst".  (The 1998 DVD version that requires Windows 95, as said on the box.)

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: patio on December 31, 2009, 11:24:40 AM

Do a search for OakRom CD/DVD drivers...they work on most units on Win95/98

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 12:01:54 PM

I did a search, but could not find what I need.  A proprietary driver might be the better choice...

EDIT: Speaking of which, I went to Driverguide.com as I had originally planned on doing, and downloaded what I thought might be the driver for the DVD-ROM.  When I downloaded a zip file for the drive's use, I saw a driver called "SSCDROM.SYS".  The readme file was copyrighted in 1996 by Samsung.

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Salmon Trout on December 31, 2009, 12:18:47 PM

Quote from: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 12:01:54 PM

I did a search, but could not find what I need.  A proprietary driver might be the better choice...

EDIT: Speaking of which, I went to Driverguide.com as I had originally planned on doing, and downloaded what I thought might be the driver for the DVD-ROM.  When I downloaded a zip file for the drive's use, I saw a driver called "SSCDROM.SYS".  The readme file was copyrighted in 1996 by Samsung.

If you are talking about a DOS boot disk, then any generic CDROM "driver" will do. If you are running the game from inside Windows 95, then you don't need any driver.

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 12:26:33 PM

That possibly could be true.  I'll likely save the drivers in case I do need them, and try to get Riven to run without them first.  Riven isn't for DOS, and won't run without Windows active.  From what you're telling me, it should detect a CD without a driver.  Will the drive detect a DVD without a driver? 

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Salmon Trout on December 31, 2009, 12:33:02 PM

Quote from: Ryan on December 31, 2009, 12:26:33 PM

Will the drive detect a DVD without a driver? 

That is the normal behaviour in Win95.

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: BC_Programmer on December 31, 2009, 04:45:55 PM

http://www.hiren.info/download/dos-files/oakcdrom.sys

Title: Re: Advance help with DVD driver needed
Post by: Geek-9pm on December 31, 2009, 05:21:35 PM

Also look at this:
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-PC-DVD-DVD-ROM-Decoder-ENCORE12X/dp/B00004Z8X5