Windows 95b + USB card reader

[leehinkleman]

Can anyone recommend an all purpose card reader for Windows 95b? I had an Apacer Compact Flash reader that worked fine in Windows 95b, but I sent that reader, and Coolpix 775 camera, overseas to a lady who ties trout flies for me. The camera was stolen from her, and I might ask for the reader back, but ability to read SD and other cards would be best, because I want to give away the old machine, which is quick with Windows 95.
I tried an unbranded all-purpose reader, but driver v2.2(from a mini-CD)and versions 2.0 and 2.3 (from downloads) all produce a yellow flag and 'device failure' in Device Manager, no new 'drives' found, and a taskbar icon 'Disk Monitor' with no obvious effect.
Windows 95 seemed OK with the .inf file and usbcrdrv.sys, which was copied to c:\windows\system32\Drivers, and I used the 'setup.exe' program, but can't make it work.
I also tried copying usbcrdrv.sys to c:\windows\system.
Is another step needed?
Thanks for your advice.

 

[BeenThereDoneThat]

leehinkleman:

There seems to be an all purpose driver located here:

http://toastytech.com/files/cruzerwin95.html

There is even one for DOS if you need it. Let me know if this works.

 

[wolluf]

windows 95 a&b did not support usb. The c version which appeared in 1997 had some limited usb support. If you have 95, you need more than just a driver for usb support, and I doubt there's been incentive to produce anything reasonable - you need to upgrade to at least win98.

 

[colin4228]

I can confirm that various "all-purpose" card readers work with WIN 98SE, which is a better OS than 95. Each card reader needs an appropriate driver for WIN 98 which may come with the reader but increasingly you need to get from the maker over internet. If you go down this route, when you buy a reader (internal or external) I suggest that you check carefully with the supplier that a WIN 98 driver is available.