Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

[Guest Brad]

Hi,

 

I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive")

for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems.

 

Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a

Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a

chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I

can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"

at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a

source.

 

Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver,

even if it's a Windows XP driver?

 

Thanks in advance, Brad

 

Before you type your password, credit card number, etc.,

be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC.

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

 

bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:

 

> Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a

>Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a

>chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I

>can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"

>at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a

>source.

> Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver,

>even if it's a Windows XP driver?

 

IMHO, an XP driver is very unlikely to work in Win98SE. Here's the URL

for generic USB mass storage driver for W98 (by LexarMedia):

http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/USB%20Mass%20Storage.zip

 

I haven't used this, so I have no idea whether it will actually work

for your drive.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest Davej]

Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

 

On Mar 14, 8:35 am, bpet...@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:

>

> I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive")

> for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems.

>

> Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a

> Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a

> chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I

> can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"

> at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a

> source.

 

 

I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or

CF memory devices with Win98se.

[Guest Teflon]

Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

 

> I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or

> CF memory devices with Win98se.

 

I recently upgraded an old machine from FE to SE and now have 2-8GB

flash drives (SanDisc & Kingston) plugged into a Belkin USB 4-port

adapter connected via a single USB port on an this old IBM Thinkpad,

and they run just fine. With only a 4 GB internal HDD evenly

partitioned to C: & D:, this setup allowed me to get all the data

stuff off D: and assign the Windows Virtual Memory Swap file to the

whole 2GB.

 

Only problem I now have is, that after awhile, the system runs out of

space on D: (the swap file fills the entire 2BG), so I have to reboot

to get it cleaned out. The same problem I had before with FE when the

swap file was on C:, it just takes longer now for it to fill up D:

Some app must have a memory leak, or maybe it's just Win98.

 

I Googled, found and downloaded the 'Archos_USB_Drivers.zip' and the

'USB_Mass_Storage.zip' files from some site. When I plugged in the

flash drives (one at a time), Win98 found New Hardware, I pointed it

to these drivers, they installed and have worked fine since.

 

Also found and used 'usbwin98.exe' for something, maybe a smaller

256kb flashdrive awhile back.