Flash Drive

Hi
I just bought a new computer with XP, I want to transfer some data from window 98 to my new computer.
I bought a Cruzer mini flash drive but my windows 98 can't find a usb driver for it.
Sandisk (Which makes the flash drive) only has a driver download for Windows SE.
Can anyone tell me where to download a USB driver for windows 98 that will support the flash drive.
Thanks
Geri

 

Geri--You may be out of luck. But you have nothing to lose by trying the Win98SE drivers. I did just that with a MicroAdvantage flash drive. At least their website was kind enough to say that while "this" driver might not work with Win98FE, try it. It worked!! Of course you have to install the driver after downloading.

 

edited out.....
orry, temporarily lost track of which forum I was in. 98 or xp. Disreguard this as the nfo was for Xp.

The only comment I can add is a specific requirement for this drive is usb version 2.0. Perhaps that's why minimum operating system is win98se. Is usb 2.0 supported by win98FE? I guess you discovered this it does not without a third party device and software/device that will support this. I take it scandisk mini cruz does not?

Work around would be to slave your win98 to xp and do you transfers from that point, or upgrade win98FE to SE.

 

goddez1--I do not believe Win98FE supports USB2, but it does support USB1.1. Often the only problem is slowness, but the device works.
Anyway geri has nothing to lose by trying the Win98SE drivers.
geri--If you need instructions on how to install drivers for new hardware on the Win98 PC, post back. (It basically involves plugging in the device before you boot, then boot and (if you do not immediately get a window about installing drivers) right clicking on My Computer, going to Device Manager, highlighting the device, clicking Properties and entering the Driver section. You have to know where you installed the driver on the hard drive when you are asked where to get the driver from.

 

Hi Jim and Geri,

Yah, I didn't mean for this thread to wind up sounding like I was trying to suggest "throwing the flag in" on giving the current drivers a shot. I know you would not have suggested it without figuring it was worth the effort. My original thread was written when I thought I was in the winxp forum but once I'm in a post with a lemon (my lemon), I try to at least make lemonade. After several editing sessions, the above/previous thread was what it wound up being....(Self admitted) redundant usb 2.0 info, although semi-specific, and a couple of work-arounds, just to keep in the back of ones mind, if the current drivers didn't pan out. Not to much sugar in that lemonade but it was the best I could do to clean up the egg on my face.

Hardware....blahhhhck!

 

The problem isn't the USB. It's the operating system. USB doesn't mean doesn't need drivers. Sometimes the OS supports USB, but the USB device might not support the OS.

Windows 95 is a case where USB was supported, but almost no devices supported Windows 95. Windows XP does the best job of including a lot of drivers in the OS. Windows 98 is somewhere in between.

It's probably too much work for a manufacturer to write and distribute a driver for Windows 98.

 

Hi
I tried to download the 98SE driver, It tried to open in my Print shop program which won't open it because it is a wrong file for print shop.
So I uninstalled print shop and tied to download again, then I get a window telling me that this file needs print shop to open and can not find PS6. So it won't give me access.
I have tried to run it from their site and I have tried to save it on my desk top.
Could I download it on my new computer to a floopy and then run it on my windows 98?
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Geri

 

geri--What is the file type of the driver download?
I have a suspicion you somehow or other got that file type associated with PrintShop. I doubt that is the correct program to execute (open) a driver setup file.
So, let's see first what program you need to open the driver file***. Don't forget you need to open the download file before you can use the drivers it contains. The download file is often just a setup file and not the driver itself.
P.S. Do the above first, but I see no reason why you cannot download to a floppy on another PC, assuming the file is not too large. But what good is that going to do? When you transfer the floppy to the old PC, you still will have to find the program to open the downloaded setup file. You could try to open it on the other PC to see what happens, taking close notice of where the created files are going. You then could transfer all the created files over to a file on the old PC and have the old PC search the folder you have nominated when you are asked where to install drivers from. The glitch I see to doing this, is that Registry settings may be created on the first PC, which would not be transferred.
So let's try to open the downloaded file on the old PC.
P.P. I hope you really did not uninstall PrintShop, or if you did, that you have the CD so you can reinstall.
P.P.S. *** This may be jumping the gun ,but if it is an .exe file you can use this fix--EXEFIX.08
http://home.earthlink.net/~rmbox/Reticulated/Toys.html
(That is for the Win98 PC and you will need an Unzip program, like WinZip to open it.) Or if you are reasonably comfortable in modifying the Registry
http://filext.com/faq/article.php?id=016
(Back up the Registry first, so you can restore if anything goes wrong.)

 

Hi
Well OK then, I don't have a floppy drive on my new computer.
I have a lot of other type drives on the front, but no "floppy" persay.
What about writing it to a CD?
Geri

 

Hi Jim
OK I'll try it, I don't have winzip.
I'll get online on my old PC.
Geri

 

Geri--Please re-read my last post. I think you should concentrate on opening the file on the old PC. What is its file type?? (File type is the last three letters, like .exe, .zip, .txt)

 

Hi Jim
It is zip.
I will go to the site you gave and do the fix first.
Geri

 

Hi Jim
OK I see that the fix was for exe.
I need to download winzip.
I'll do this and then get back here.
Geri

 

Hi Jim
Well winzip unzipped it and I now have the driver on my PC.
Now I just have to figure out how to send info to it.
Thanks for all your help.
Geri

 

Geri--First youi have to install (open) the file you downloaded, since I suspect you have downloaded a set up file which must be opened to produce the actual driver. Have you done that? Or do you mean that the downloaded file was a .zip file? And the actual driver is on the hard drive?
(I thought you had tried that earlier and ran into the PrintShop problem. If you cannot open it you are going to have tell us the file type.)
But if you can open it now or have already opened it, then note carefully in which folder the actual driver(s) is being placed. Then follow the instructions given above
"It basically involves plugging in the device (flash drive) before you boot, then boot and (if you do not immediately get a window about installing drivers) right clicking on My Computer, going to Device Manager, highlighting the device, clicking Properties and entering the Driver section. Follow directions for installing New Drivers. You have to know where you installed the driver on the hard drive when you are asked where to get the driver from." (I do not have Win98 in front of me, so cannot give the step by step info, but what I said should be close.)
Post back if you have problems. And remember this driver, after all the work, may not work since it is not for Win98 if I remember correctly. But you learned a lot!!

 

Headsup Jim,

http://www.sandisk.com/retail/drivers-sdcz2.asp
Drivers come in a zip. No .inf folder inside. The directions posted at scandisk site instruct to extract zip to a folder "name of choice" .then run the setup.exe, then plug in the Cruzer.

Files in the zip are:
data1.cab
data1.hdr
data2.cab
ikernel.ex_
layout.bin
setup.bmp
setup.exe
setup.ini
setip.inx

I assume this is one of those guys that updates the registry and the add/remove hardware detection by including the info needed to auto detect and install the cruzer. I tried the setup but I am on an XP. All I get is XP drivers are not needed. Dah! As stated by scandisk cruzer info.

 

Hi
Everything went OK, Drivers loaded and set up.
Everything works, transfered datd to my new computer.
Thanks for all your help......again.
Don't know what I would do with out this web site !!
Thanks again everyone.
Geri

 

goddez1--Always good to learn.
I have no experience with SanDisk Cruz. As I mentioned, my flash drive is MicroAdvantage.
The instructions you post, of course, are the way most USB devices work (install drivers, then plug in device). Wonder why my drive did not follow that sequence.
Good that Geri now has the info she needs. Thanks for joining the thread.

 

Ah shucks....I piddled in the middle and had little to do the end result but I'm glad all went well. Congrats to the person in the drivers seat "Jim" and the passenger "Geri ".