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COPY DOS utility for USB port
Name: Antonio Gabarro Date: September 27, 2002 at 12:16:53 Pacific OS: Windows98 CPU/Ram: Pentium III 600MHz/64Mb
Comment:
Hi I need a "COPY" like utility for DOS, able to manage USB port
Name: JackG Date: September 30, 2002 at 00:44:12 Pacific
Reply:
No such thing. USB support is normally too complex for DOS. Only MS could do it and they have NO interest in supporting DOS. They want you to use Windows.
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Response Number 2
Name: Nicolas Melay Date: October 7, 2002 at 02:59:49 Pacific
Reply:
There is some USB support for DOS, even if MS and most manufacturers does not support it. Antonio, what you need is DOS support for your USB storage device. Then you'll be able to use the regular COPY command. Look at http://www.boomspeed.com/darkehorse/PC/DOS/Drivers/USB/index.shtml.
Summary: I have read through several of the threads concerning DOS drivers for USB CDRom drives. I would like to ask if anyone has any information about a generic driver that seems to work on multiple hardwar...
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