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need help.. thumb drive..

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Name: terence
Date: October 31, 2003 at 06:54:40 Pacific
Subject: need help.. thumb drive..
OS: 98
CPU/Ram: p4

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i am using a thumb drive called "Free Drive" i do not know e manufacturer brand.. i am currently usin windows 98 and i will need a driver for the thumb drive.. please help thanks

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Response Number 1

Name: jam
Date: October 31, 2003 at 07:12:23 Pacific

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where did you get this "free drive"? You didn't get a driver disk? no documentation? there's nothing printed on the drive itself?

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Response Number 2

Name: rac
Date: October 31, 2003 at 07:24:44 Pacific

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Have you done a Google search? These kind of "drives" need a driver from the mfg to work in Win 98.

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Response Number 3

Name: ranchhand
Date: October 31, 2003 at 08:07:17 Pacific

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I assume that this is a USB flash-memory drive. Be aware that Win98 will only support USB1, it will not support USB2.

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Response Number 4

Name: Nick Ritchie
Date: October 31, 2003 at 09:02:00 Pacific

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I purchased a PNY 256MB USB Thumb drive ,it came with a installation disk for Windows 98, since I have Windows Me ,I did not use the CD .It said for WinMe and WinXP it was plug and play .However my OEM version of WinMe did not have all of the needed drivers pre-installed .They where in a .cab file .After a little searching and extracting the drivers to my driver folder I got it up and running ! On the USB 2.0 or 1.1 ,the drive I have is backwards compatable, I only have USB 1.1 at this time ! The drive works great ,my system reconizes it as another H.D. and I just drag and drop whatever I want directly onto the drive !
Nick

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Response Number 5

Name: ranchhand
Date: October 31, 2003 at 12:52:35 Pacific

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They're really great, aren't they? And really fast.

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Response Number 6

Name: Clyde
Date: November 1, 2003 at 06:03:40 Pacific

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Win98se will support USB 2.0 with the drivers if you put a 2.0 card in or have it on your MOBO already. I know, I have a dual boot with 98se and XP, both will run 2.0
Clyde

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