USB Flash Drive

[aongusa]

Hi,

I am trying to install a USB Flash drive on Win98SE. Initially Windows picked up the drive and started the add new hardware wizard. When I gave it the location of the driver files (downloaded from

http://www.connect3d.com),

it did not recognise the .INF file.

I tried a USB2 version of the driver and it did not start the add new hardware wizard. I removed the driver using Add-Remove Programs and it still does not pick up the device when I plug it in.

Any ideas will be gratefully received.

Thanks in advance,

Tony

 

[micker377]

I would try d/l the install file again, the original d/l may have been corrupted. Did you buy this flash drive new? It should have come with an install disk. The inf file is usually to upgrade the original drivers.

 

[aongusa]

Hi micker377,

Thanks for your response.

We downloaded the driver a few times and each time it comes up saying it cant find the driver. I got the drive new and there is a web address on the packaging to get the driver.

Regards,

Tony

 

[3143]

Try to set that windows search best driver for a device and then just choose a: floppy. Don not browse any folders! This is a one way you should found the driver.

 

[fredje1]

For All Concerned I have been down that road before and I can say that you will never get to use a USB flash drive on windows 98 or 98se. First of all you have to have a Mass Storage controller driver. To my knowlegde only Windows 2000 And XP have a mass storage controller driver built into the software. If you want to use your flash drive in windows98 or se then you will have to program a driver for it If you know how to program you can go to MSN sight and down load a source file and you will have to compile it and run it in a simulator till you get all the bugs out and then you will have to convert it to machine language before you can even use it. I hope that if you get a storage controller driver I would appreciate a copy as I have several flash cards here that are absolutely worthless to me till I get that driver. I went to

http://www.conect3d.com

to down load the file as you suggested and I find that it's not a USB Mass storage controller driver Much to my dismay it is a pocket drive for usb to allow you to play ATI games and not a mass storage controller Driver. Those are rotten apples to say the least and you can thank Bill Gates for not having insight When he designed Windows 98/se so there is nothing that we as technicians can do about it. Hope that this helps to enlighten you. fredje1

 

[BionicJohn]

I can say that you will never get to use a USB flash drive on windows 98 or 98se.

That's just not true.

I use a 256Mb Easy Disk.

http://www.easydisk.com/minioverview.php

While I agree it's a real pig to set up on Win98SE USB1.1, and there seems to be a need to run the dedicated installation routine every time the drive is attached, I use one almost daily.

With WinXP USB2, there's no problem. Superb in fact.

Iechyd da! John.
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[micker377]

Fired up the old Win 98 SE unit to check. Used both the "Butterfly" (6 in 1) multi-media reader and the AVB 128meg USB 1.1 thumb drive. Been working for months. No setup or use hassles. I remember one motherboard (don't remember which), that the USB setup came on the installation disk for the mobo. What mother board do you have, and do you have the install disk?

 

[aongusa]

Hi,

I finally got it going with help from the supplier. It required a USB update for Windows 98 from Microsoft as well as the USB2 driver from the Connect3D website. That solved the problem. The location of the USB update from Microsoft was a bit obscure, so the supplier got it for me.

Thanks for all your input,

Tony

 

[SimonDavis]

Hey Fredje, how many pen drives were on the market in 1998?

 

[cdogg]

Fredje,
I'm not sure if you truly understand the way Plug-n-Play and Firmware works, but that's exactly what's being used here. There is no reason why a pen drive would not work in Windows 98 if properly installed. As John mentioned above, I also have one that works fine in 98.


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[micker377]

Does MicroSoft truly understand the way Plug-n-Play works? <grin>

 

[cdogg]

Sorry, micker! Should have said "Plug-n-Pray", as it was coined back in the days of Win95.

 

[BionicJohn]

"Plug-n-Pray", as it was coined back in the days of Win95.

Yup! More pray than play in those days.

Iechyd da! John.
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.