Joseph,

They can't be THAT proprietary if they work out of the box with Windows
2000 and XP, which has standard built-in support for flash drives. There is
a standard.

Tony,

Did you try using one of these "other" drives using the driver you have?

Russ Poffenberger
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At 02:48 AM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
>When I had Win 98 SE I found that each maker of those thumb/flash drives
>had their own drivers.  I never heard of a generic driver for them. Unless
>someone else has, the only way is to download drivers from all the makers
>you can find to see if one will work.  Does the driver you have work for
>any of the other two?  If not, that may mean you are not going to have
>much luck finding a generic driver.  These companies like to keep things
>proprietary, much more profitable.
>
>
>
>Tony Beckett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >First, what is the correct name for these storage devices?
> >The 128, 256 and 512 Mbyte sizes are now a reasonable price
> >and very convenient to use
> >
> >I am using 3 different USB Flash Drives (Kingston call them
> >that), on my XP desktop. Which all work without drivers
> >added by myself.
> >
> >Just acquired a second hand portable running Win98se. For a
> >USB Flash Drive to work I have to install a driver specific
> >to that particular make.
> >
> >Only one of my USB  drives has its manufacturer on it and
> >that one is now working with the driver I downloaded.
> >
> >Is there a generic driver I can install which will make all
> >of my USB Flash Drives usable on the Win98se machine?
> >
> >Regards
> >

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