I've rum into the same problem with USB drives in Win98 and Win ME. You may need more than one driver. Russell Poffenberger wrote: > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > 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 >> > > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml > > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com