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Daniel Farley

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Jul 28, 2003, 7:18:28 AM7/28/03
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Hey i have a pen drive (128megs) but the driver that came with it only works
on win98se, i am wondering if there is a driver i can use wiht it that will
work with the first edition of win98, or also, or even better the verson/s
of win95 that came out with usb suport.

Thanks in advanse

Daniel


MarkH

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Jul 28, 2003, 8:55:36 AM7/28/03
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"Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in
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Not sure on Win98 but your question about Win95 gave me a good laugh,
thanks.

A quick product lookup shows some USB Flash Drives that claim to work with
Windows 98 / 98SE (Driver Included) or
Windows Me / 2000 / XP (No driver needed)

So it seems that it should be possible to get the drive to work with Win98,
hopefully someone can point you to a driver that will work.


BTW
95, good one. Ha ha.

--
Mark Heyes (New Zealand)
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Nicholas Sherlock

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Jul 28, 2003, 3:18:19 PM7/28/03
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"Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in message
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Did you try actually installing the driver?

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock


Daniel Farley

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Jul 28, 2003, 4:30:53 PM7/28/03
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Yes, i did try and install the driver, it didnt work.

(btw, it dose say on the disk, for win98SE)

Daniel
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Daniel Farley

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Jul 28, 2003, 4:36:51 PM7/28/03
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Here's a pen drive that says it will suport win95 wiht the driver provided

http://www.buyxtremegear.com/flashdrv512.html


But no link to d/l the driver :-(

Daniel
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Rob

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Jul 28, 2003, 6:31:33 PM7/28/03
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"Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in message
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> Here's a pen drive that says it will suport win95 wiht the driver provided
>
> http://www.buyxtremegear.com/flashdrv512.html
>
>
> But no link to d/l the driver :-(
>

I have this beasty.

I'm in Wellington, if you want a copy of the drivers, or I could email them
(>3mb)

Rob


Daniel Farley

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Jul 28, 2003, 8:05:23 PM7/28/03
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That would be very cool. u can email them to

farley (a-t} world-net co nz

Thanks Daniel


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Rob

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Jul 28, 2003, 8:27:27 PM7/28/03
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"Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in message
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> That would be very cool. u can email them to
>
> farley (a-t} world-net co nz
>
> Thanks Daniel
>
>

Done.

Nicholas Sherlock

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Jul 28, 2003, 8:28:56 PM7/28/03
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"Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in message
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> Here's a pen drive that says it will suport win95 wiht the driver provided
>
> http://www.buyxtremegear.com/flashdrv512.html
>
>
> But no link to d/l the driver :-(

Mine's supported by Windows 98 (Why Microsoft doesn't just release their USB
standard storage device driver for Windows98, I don't know). You can
download the drivers from here:
http://www.pqi.com.tw/eng/download/drive/mib/UMSDTools2.35.exe

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock


T.N.O.

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Jul 28, 2003, 9:53:50 PM7/28/03
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MarkH wrote
> 95, good one. Ha ha.

I have an MS-dos boot disk that gives me access to my 128MB USB
thing... I read a story on www.theinquirer.net and went and downloaded
the drivers, and followed some old dos tutorials about how to load
drivers etc, and now all good... not alot of use, but cool to play
with none the less.

Gordon

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Jul 29, 2003, 1:40:01 AM7/29/03
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:30:53 +1200, Daniel Farley wrote:

> Yes, i did try and install the driver, it didnt work.
>
> (btw, it dose say on the disk, for win98SE)

Humm, how many time have you tried to install the driver?

Windows loves to try ones patience

Gordon

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Jul 29, 2003, 1:42:15 AM7/29/03
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 12:28:56 +1200, Nicholas Sherlock wrote:

> Mine's supported by Windows 98 (Why Microsoft doesn't just release their USB
> standard storage device driver for Windows98, I don't know).

Hint, money might be involved.

pete

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Jul 29, 2003, 5:18:39 AM7/29/03
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"Gordon" <flas...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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There is a way to find USB (and other driver) updates from Microsoft, but
its not that obvious.
Run Windows Update. In the left sidebar, under "see also", select "windows
update catalog"
from there, "find driver updates", under "other hardware" is listed, among
others, USB.
Select Microsoft as the manufacturer, plus your O/S, and search.

If the Windows Update Catalog isn't listed under "See Other", the select
"personalise Windows Update" and select the check box to display Windows
Update Catalog


MarkH

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Jul 29, 2003, 6:37:00 AM7/29/03
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ne...@dave.net.nz (T.N.O.) wrote in news:bf004212.0307281753.c56972
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I found it funny, not so much thinking that it was not possible, but more
because it is such a bitch to use USB with win95 that I wonder at those
that bother.

MarkH

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Jul 29, 2003, 6:49:22 AM7/29/03
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"Rob" <phs...@cold-hot-warm-tepid-mail.com> wrote in
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> "Daniel Farley" <sp...@spamisbad.com> wrote in message
> news:FPfVa.95309$JA5.2...@news.xtra.co.nz...
>> Here's a pen drive that says it will suport win95 wiht the driver
>> provided
>>
>> http://www.buyxtremegear.com/flashdrv512.html
>>
>>
>> But no link to d/l the driver :-(
>>
>
> I have this beasty.

How long does it take to write 512MB to it?

Have you used it with Win95? Did it work easily?

It’s interesting to see a USB device list compatibility with Win95, over
90% of USB devices state that Win98 or above is required.

Since yesterday I have gone out and purchased a USB2 512MB Pen Drive, Bafo
brand, cost less than $300 incl. The write speed is listed as over 5 times
as fast and read of over 9 times as fast as the USB1.1 model listed in the
link above.

Most of my customers run Win98 or above, so hopefully it will prove to be
very useful.

What are you guys using yours for? Mine currently holds 285MB of stuff
that includes: Virus removal tools, latest Norton virus signature update,
Ghost 2003, Winzip, some updates and some drivers.

Does anyone know much about how to make one of these things bootable, apart
from setting the option in the BIOS of course?

Nicholas Sherlock

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Jul 29, 2003, 3:55:25 PM7/29/03
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"MarkH" <mar...@atdot.dot.dot> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know much about how to make one of these things bootable,
apart
> from setting the option in the BIOS of course?

You need to do just what you would do to a floppy to make it bootable, ie.
copy the required system files over to it.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock


MarkH

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Jul 29, 2003, 5:13:16 PM7/29/03
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"Nicholas Sherlock" <N_she...@hotmail.com> wrote in
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So I connect it to a Win98 machine and from the command prompt type SYS E:
assuming that the Pen Drive is drive E. Sounds easy enough, I’ll give it a
try.

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