Flash drive Win98 compatibility?

[Guest Tiny]

The wife and I are trying to nurse our old computers along until tax

return time when we'll buy new ones. We both have AMD750s on GAIXE

boards. My old HP burner went mams up so I bought a new one from the

local comp store. It came with Nero 7 & claimed to be compatible with

win98 but I couldn't get it to burn anything. I used my old burner as

another drive with drag & drop capability for back-ups and the like. I

only have a 20 GB HD & space is becoming an issue. I took it to the

store I bought the drive at & they had to put an older burner in to

get it to work with win98 at all. We also discovered Nero 7 won't

support drag & drop in win98. The option to install InCD isn't even

there, even when doing a custom install. Doing some investigation I

discovered this is a long standing issue with Nero & the last version

fully compatible with win98 is Nero 5.

 

As a possible way around this issue I'm considering a flash drive but

all the drives I find don't list win98 in the system requirements. A

friend told me that I should be able to download drivers for win98 on

the web. I don't want to spend $40 then not be able to use the flash

drive. Has anyone dealt with this issue? Thanks for your time.

 

 

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[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: Flash drive Win98 compatibility?

 

"Tiny" <tiny@terraworld.com> wrote in message

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> As a possible way around this issue I'm considering a flash drive but

> all the drives I find don't list win98 in the system requirements. A

> friend told me that I should be able to download drivers for win98 on

> the web. I don't want to spend $40 then not be able to use the flash

> drive. Has anyone dealt with this issue? Thanks for your time.

 

Win98 included USB version 1 from its first appearance.

USB version 2 soon appeared and is still the current standard,

therefore Win98SE was marketed, with support for USB.v.2.

 

Hard drives are now so cheap that

(a) if an extra hard drive does not meet your requirements

(b) an external HD connecting via USB may suit you

better than a small flashdrive. But you are likely still

to need USB.v.2 (i.e. Win98SE).

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Dan]

Re: Flash drive Win98 compatibility?

 

That is true. Anyway, Target has Sony Flash Drives that are backwards

compatible to Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition. I still think Windows 98

First Edition is too old if you want to effectively use USB well and lacks

many other improvements of 98 Second Edition. I am currently trying to have

APS schools that are connected to the Internet to use Windows 98 Second

Edition. I am suggesting that the schools that has DOS 5 with Windows 3.1 to

remain off line and just use compatible educational software.

 

Dan Weiser

APS Employee

New Mexico

[Guest Roxana]

Re: Flash drive Win98 compatibility?

 

Hi.

 

You can look here, which in this case, is for Lexar Flash Drives (JumpDrive

Firefly).

Capacities, and prices (Note: these prices are retail, and no-one pays

retail; not even close to retail):

JDFF256-431 256MB $14.99

JDFF512-431 512MB $19.99

JDFF1GB-431 1GB $36.99

JDFF2GB-431 2GB $49.99

JDFF4GB-431 4GB $99.99

JDFF8GB-431 8GB $149.99

USB Flash Drives - JumpDrive FireFly

http://store.lexar.com/?category=23&subcategory=41

 

Cost, at eBay has been approximately $20.00 - $30.00 USD for 4 GB models

(I've purchased several in that price range).

 

Using the Lexar in W98 will find you needing a driver of course. It can be

obtained at no cost from either of these URL's below:

Lexar JumpDrive Driver 2.0

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/lexar-jumpdrive.html

Applies to:Lexar USB JumpDrive, Pro, Secure, Sport, Elite and Photo

Requirements: Windows 98

Author/Supplier: Lexar

File Size: 0.2MB

File Name: Jdusb2.exe

download:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/lexarjumpdrive-security.html

Description

This JumpDrive driver package for the Lexar USB JumpDrive, Pro, Secure,

Sport, Elite and Photo is needed only for Windows 98.

Windows Me, 2000 and XP already have the driver (if you are having trouble

using the drive on these systems, then it is likely to be a conflict or

problem in Windows - see the Windows Device Manager and Windows Help file

for details).

 

USB JumpDrives - Drivers

http://www.lexar.com/drivers/index.html

download:

http://www.lexar.com/drivers/files/jdusb2.exe

 

This *SHOULD* work in W98 (F.E./Gold).

The 1st site specifies that it does apply to W98.

The Lexar site specifies: "Windows 98 Driver for all Lexar JumpDrives"

 

The Lexar site then lists W98se, but I'm not entirely certain of that. Of

course (?), I am using W98se, so I cannot guarantee nor verify compatibility

with plain-vanilla W98, but.... it should work.

 

Oh, and one more thing: Many, if not *most* packages for Lexar Jump

Drives/Flash Drives, no longer have any references to W98 or even W98se

imprinted on the current packaging, however, they do work on W98se.

I even bought an 8GB Lexar (very recently) which are quite new on the

circuit and not only did it not list W98/se on the packaging, but the

enclosed instructions also made no reference to W98; only listing Win2000/

WinXP, and so forth.

Nevertheless, I've had no trouble whatsoever getting the 8GB Flash drive to

be recognized and to work in W98se.

 

I hope this will help.

 

"Tiny" <tiny@terraworld.com> wrote in message

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> <snip>

> I only have a 20 GB HD & space is becoming an issue.

> <snip>

> As a possible way around this issue I'm considering a flash drive but

> all the drives I find don't list win98 in the system requirements. A

> friend told me that I should be able to download drivers for win98 on

> the web. I don't want to spend $40 then not be able to use the flash

> drive. Has anyone dealt with this issue? Thanks for your time.

>

>

> Man who scratches backside shouldn't bite fingernails.

> The gene pool needs more chlorine.

> Change .com to .net to reply direct.

> http://www.terraworld.net/tiny

[Guest Roxana]

Re: Flash drive Win98 compatibility?

 

I should have added that I also used the aforementioned Lexar Flash Drives

in W98se under USB 1.1 until I obtained a USB 2.0 Host Controller PCI Card.

Even so, before getting that USB 2.0 card, they worked fine, albeit a bit on

the "slow side".

 

Wishing you luck. :-)

 

"Tiny" <tiny@terraworld.com> wrote in message

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>

> <snip>

> As a possible way around this issue I'm considering a flash drive but

> all the drives I find don't list win98 in the system requirements. A

> friend told me that I should be able to download drivers for win98 on

> the web. I don't want to spend $40 then not be able to use the flash

> drive. Has anyone dealt with this issue? Thanks for your time.

>

>

> Man who scratches backside shouldn't bite fingernails.

> The gene pool needs more chlorine.

> Change .com to .net to reply direct.

> http://www.terraworld.net/tiny