Guest Gerry Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I instantly had a new drive! But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I ain't got one.) Any suggestions? TIA Gerry Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces)
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT make & model? -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote in message news:Ljvhj.18706$Xo1.3811@trnddc06... > When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I > instantly had a new drive! > > But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new > hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I > ain't got one.) > > Any suggestions? > > TIA > Gerry > Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces) > >
Guest Alan Edwards Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se Get a driver from the manufacturer or try this one: USB Mass Storage Devices In Windows 98: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:34:51 GMT, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote: >When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I >instantly had a new drive! > >But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new >hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I >ain't got one.) > >Any suggestions? > >TIA >Gerry >Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces) >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 10, 2008 Posted January 10, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se Forget about the one at the previous site. Get the one here: http://www.ec-software.com/downloads_mscomp.html It's Microsoft Help Workshop. I checked it out and it looks legit. Heck, this even has the option to ONLY let you change certain things if you're translating. Just playing around, here. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:Os%237tj8UIHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT > make & model? > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote in message > news:Ljvhj.18706$Xo1.3811@trnddc06... >> When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I >> instantly had a new drive! >> >> But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new >> hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I >> ain't got one.) >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> TIA >> Gerry >> Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces) >> >> >
Guest rebel Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:34:51 GMT, "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote: >When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I >instantly had a new drive! > >But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new >hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I >ain't got one.) > >Any suggestions? yes, get the driver! And don't forget that in 98 you install the driver BEFORE you connect the USB device.
Guest Bob Harris Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se Unlike XP, and apparently 2K, 98SE does not come with a bunch of drivers for USB devices. Thus, one normally installs the driver first, then plugs in the USB device second, although sometimes the reverse is OK. This begs the question as to where one finds USB drivers for 98SE? The answer is usually from the company that made the USB hardware. In this case, whomever made the USB drive. The instructions/manual that came with the drive might have a small note about the availability of drivers for 98SE on the support web site for that company. Or, if the drive came with a CD of tools/progams, the drivers might be contained therein. Note that 98 is sometimes a bit picky about mixed USB 1.1 and 2.0. If the device is 2.0 (very likely today), but your computer hardware only supports 1.1, there may be no driver for tha combination under 98. And, 2.0+2.0 is more likely supported than 1.1+1.1, since almost no one makes USB 1.1 devices anymore. If the manufactuer's support website does not list drivers for 98SE (or win9x more generically), then you might try a Google search for generic USB drivers for 98SE. "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote in message news:Ljvhj.18706$Xo1.3811@trnddc06... > When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I > instantly had a new drive! > > But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new > hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. (I > ain't got one.) > > Any suggestions? > > TIA > Gerry > Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces) > >
Guest rod Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se I found a 2Gb thumb drive in a box from auction. This is the generic driver that worked for me http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98se-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php nusb33.exe or something like it, scroll down the page. I installed the driver, it wouldn't work, so I took a punt the thumb drive had been password protected, so I formatted the drive, and bingo we had a winner. (I have USB1.1 and it works fine) Good luck
Guest Gerry Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se Thanks for the replies! "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote > You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT > make & model? I fear I may not have been clear in describing this as a "drive"-- it's not an electromechanical disk drive-- it's a solid-state "memory stick". The make is Centon. It's not marked with any model number, just "512MB". Gerry
Guest Alan Edwards Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se You seem to have been clear enough. Get a driver from http://www.centon.com or use one of the generic drivers suggested. ....Alan -- Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer http://dts-l.com/index.htm On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:07:11 GMT, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion, "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote: >Thanks for the replies! > >"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote >> You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT >> make & model? > >I fear I may not have been clear in describing this as a "drive"-- it's not >an electromechanical disk drive-- it's a solid-state "memory stick". > >The make is Centon. >It's not marked with any model number, just "512MB". > >Gerry >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se OOps! There it is, my wandering post. Found the wrong thread... -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message news:uS2s0J%23UIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Forget about the one at the previous site. Get the one here: > http://www.ec-software.com/downloads_mscomp.html > > It's Microsoft Help Workshop. I checked it out and it looks legit. Heck, > this even has the option to ONLY let you change certain things if you're > translating. > > Just playing around, here. > > -- > Gary S. Terhune > MS-MVP Shell/User > http://www.grystmill.com > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message > news:Os%237tj8UIHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT >> make & model? >> >> -- >> Gary S. Terhune >> MS-MVP Shell/User >> http://www.grystmill.com >> >> "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote in message >> news:Ljvhj.18706$Xo1.3811@trnddc06... >>> When I plugged a USB drive into the USB port on my Win2K machine, I >>> instantly had a new drive! >>> >>> But on my Win98se machine, on bootup I'm informed that it found "new >>> hardware" and I'm given the opportunity to install the driver for it. >>> (I >>> ain't got one.) >>> >>> Any suggestions? >>> >>> TIA >>> Gerry >>> Gerry C dot 1 at-sign gmail dot com (no spaces) >>> >>> >> >
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Re: USB drive in Win98se That's not good enough. Too many Centon USB and Flash drives to choose from, and not enough info on the site to figure out which drive you have, though I suspect it's called a DataStick. Question is, which one. I have a copy of Everest 2.02 on my site for folks to use (it's obsolete but good enough.) It should identify the "drive more accurately. http://grystmill.com/shared/everesthome220.exe You want to make sure that the drive is attached and that Windows tried to install it but failed, and it thus has a yellow "bang" (exclamation point) in Device Manager. To get to Device Manager, right-click My Computer and then click Properties. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "Gerry" <NoSpam@NoWay.com> wrote in message news:3t6ij.994$na4.728@trnddc05... > Thanks for the replies! > > "Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote >> You need the drivers. Does the manufacturer provide any? What's the EXACT >> make & model? > > I fear I may not have been clear in describing this as a "drive"-- it's > not > an electromechanical disk drive-- it's a solid-state "memory stick". > > The make is Centon. > It's not marked with any model number, just "512MB". > > Gerry > >
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