The only help I can provide is that the VXD system in win95/98 is a
bit more complicated that it seems... I examined my diary and logs
from that period and came up with this:

"The problem with the crashes didn't get solved by replacing
the "hacked" VXD with the original one. F*ck this, I'm reinstalling
win98. No big deal."

Now, as I read this, i vaguely recall renaming my original CDFS.VXD
to CDFS_OLD.VXD, and simply copied the alternative CDFS.VXD to my
IOSubsys directory. Log continues:

Reboot, works OK, performance problems.

Renamed the alternative CDFS.VXD to CDFS_NEW.VXD and re-renamed
CDFS_OLD.VXD to CDFS.VXD. Still problems.

Reinstalled Windows (without DELTREE C:\WINDOWS, just installing over
the old version), still problems.

Curse the bastards that invented computers, nuke the entire WINDOWS
directory. Reinstall. NOW it works.

I checked this with my Windows Wiz pal, who claimed that on startup,
Windows loads ANY file named something.VXD, then let the code inside
decide what it should do. Hence, even though it's not named CDFS.VXD,
the alternative CDFS_NEW.VXD gets loaded on top of the old one,
resulting in interfering system calls, causing all the trouble.

So, if you simply delete the original CDFS.VXD, or copy it to another
location, or rename it to CDFSVXD.OLD or CDFS.BAK or something,
you'll do much better than I did.

Good luck!

Johan Althoff



The Coroner wrote:
>>Absolutely true. I ignore the cause, but many people, including
>>myself, had the same problem Johan just described.
>>
>>
>>Victor.
>>
>>Description:
>>CDFS.VXD is an alternate Windows 9x CD-ROM driver that allows you
to
>>access your audio CD tracks as WAV files. Once installed, there
will
>>be an array of folders listed for the audio CD in the CD-ROM's
drive.
>>All thetracks are listed as WAV files. When you access the files
from
>>Windows Explorer or a program's open dialog (in this case, Vegas),
it
>>automaticly converts your CD's audio data to WAV file data in the
>>correct format.
>>
>>Safety measures:Back up your old Windows\System\IOSubSys\cdfs.vxd
file
>>so you can restore the current configuration if it doesn't work for
>>your setup.
>>
>>Install: Copy the alternate cdfs.vxd over the original one.Reboot.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Johan Althoff wrote:
>>>>There was an alternative CDFS.VXD (sortof a driver, I think VXD
>>>>stands for Virtual Extension Driver or something funky) circling
the
>>>>Internet some six months ago. It was intended for win95 and 98
>>>>systems only, and it worked like this:
>>>>
>>>>All CD-tracks are in fact very compatible to .wav files. All that
>>>>differs is the header of the file. What the CDFS.VXD did in fact
do
>>>>was to, in the eye of the Explorer, replace the CD-track header
with
>>>>a .wav one. By doing this, all CD-audio tracks suddenly
became .wav-
>>>>files, and you could copy and modify them as you wished. As I
tried
>>>>it out, it worked perfectly and I used it for a while. Many other
>>>>users also claimed no problems.
>>>>
>>>>After a couple of re-boots I did experience performance problems
>>>>(which did in fact turn out to be caused by an outdated SB Live!
>>>>driver) I de-installed the CDFS.VXD file and started to have
>>>>unprovoked bluescreens and system crashes, and I decided not to
use
>>>>the file anymore. I think I might have done something bizarre to
the
>>>>system in the process, though, so if you step around it carefully
>>>>you'll probably be safe.
>>>>
>>>>Iyou'd like to give it a try, here's a link:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.maz-sound.com/archives/cdfs.zip
>>>>
>>>>(and while you're at it, check www.maz-sound.com in general. An
>>>>excellent source of freeware / shareware music and audio tools.)
>>>>
>>>>See ya!
>>>>Johan Althoff
>>>>Sound Designer
>>>>O3 Games
>>>>www.outforce.com
>>>>
>>>>Dave Wallingford wrote:
>>>>>>I'd love to see this function in Vegas: In the explorer,
>>>>>>having the ability to view audio CD tracks, and by dragging
>>>>>>them into the edit window, automatically rip that track and
>>>>>>save it in whatever folder specified for the project. That
>>>>>>would make my life as a sound designer much easier, and let
>>>>>>me do my job much more quickly, esp. when dealing with FX.
>>>>>>-Dave