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
>> >
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