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USB Pen Drive
Name: Brian Date: December 11, 2003 at 06:26:24 Pacific OS: none CPU/Ram: none
Comment:
I am in the market for a new usb pen drive. However I have been doing alot of research and I cannot find a drive that does not require Win 98 drivers. I am starting to think there is no such thing. Has anyone ever heard of a usb pen drive that needs absolutly no drivers for any OS (or at least not windows 98)?
Name: Nick R (by Nick Ritchie) Date: December 11, 2003 at 06:43:33 Pacific
Reply:
I purchased a PNY Thumb drive ,it comes with a CD with the drivers for Windows 98 ,it states for Windows Me or Windows XP that it will plug and play ! I have Windows Me ,a OEM pre-install version .When I attempted to use the drive ,the new hardware wizard informed me I had to extract some usb drivers from a .cab file on my H.D. After did some extracting of these needed drivers I was able to get the thumb drive to install correctly .I think you will be hard pressed to find a drive that does not require some kind of drivers installed for it to work ! Good Luck Nick
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Response Number 2
Name: x86 Date: December 11, 2003 at 07:34:26 Pacific
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Upgrade to Windows XP, also most USB products are only supported in W98SE or later, and yes you will have to install drivers.................
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: December 11, 2003 at 22:56:52 Pacific
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Another hype. The auto-detect/auto-install works only on new Windows' systems (usually Win 98 and above with the proper USB circuitry on the motherboard.
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