how can I create a DOS boot disk to load my HP CD-Writer Plus M820e Drive? I have a Sony laptop and it has no operating system on the hard drive. To load the operating system I need to have access to my external CDROM (HP CD-Writer Plus m820e). I remember in the old days that you could create a DOS boot diskette and make entries into Autoexec.bat and/or Config.sys to load the CDROM. I have the drivers for Windows 98/2000 and XP for this device (all Sys files) so it probably is possible to load the DEVICE= into Autoexec.bat and Config.sys but I have forgotten the syntax. And, since this is a PCMCIA device, will it matter?