I downloaded the DUSE USB DOS driver from www.pocketech.net. I've got the older 4.2 version and the new 4.4 version. I thought it might allow me to access the partitions on my USB external hard drive from DOS. I don't mean the MS-DOS window you can open after booting up Windows. I'm talking about selecting "command prompt" from the Start Menu before Windows starts up. Usually holding down the ctrl key will bring up the Start Menu. This is the only way to enter DOS without Windows interfering. I tried puting the necessary command lines in the config.sys file as recommended in the PDF guide that comes with the driver. When I rebooted Win98SE had a nervous collapse. All sorts of messages popped up warning me that the driver I had loaded would have a significant effect on my operating system. I have to admit, I didn't bother trying to discover what these effects might be. Instead, I followed the instructions in the PDF guide and loaded the driver directly from command prompt. C:\> C:\DUSE\DUSELDR.COM C:\DUSE\DUSE.exe VERBOSE XFER=64 NOCD The driver loaded and displayed following info: DUSE version 4.4 Build 110 Release (General) DOS USB Stack Driver with USB Storage Extensions Copyright Cypress Semiconductor, 2000-2002 When I tried to access any of the external drive partitions all I got was the usual "incorrect parameter" garbage. Even though the driver appears to be loading successfully it's not recognizing my external USB hard drive. What else can I do that I have not done already? Rich

You may want to try one of the other drivers from my site. I have a whole page dedicated to USB drivers for DOS. http://darkehorse.web.com Good luck. -Michael

The latest version of DOSLFN 0.32l(dated on Jan 15,2003) can now fully support DBCS long file names(such as Chinese LFNs).It can be downloaded from: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/doslfn.zip