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Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

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Name: Gary Fletcher
Date: April 29, 2008 at 09:48:09 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver
OS: Windows 98SE
CPU/Ram: Celeron/64 MB
Model/Manufacturer: Emachine

Comment:

I want to use a Data Traveler 4 Gb flash drive. I downloaded the driver from Kingston website and installed. The OS finds the device but not the driver. I ask the "driver wizard" to find the driver and it fails. Is there some way to find where the driver is and point it out to the OS?

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Response Number 1

Name: OtheHill
Date: April 29, 2008 at 10:24:37 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

Reply: (edit)

Look at the link below for help.
http://www.kingston.com/support/USB...

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Response Number 2

Name: Gary Fletcher
Date: April 29, 2008 at 11:03:34 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

Reply: (edit)

Thank you for your reply. I have also sent a message to Kingston tech support.
GF

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Response Number 3

Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 29, 2008 at 23:28:10 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

Reply: (edit)

There was no such thing as USB flash drives when 98SE came out, so there are no built in drivers for USB flash drives in the operating system software.
98SE is getting the name of the device from the PNP information provided by the device.
There are no Kingston Win 98SE drivers available for Travellers.
However, generic drivers work fine with my Kingston Traveller in 98SE.
Generic USB Mass Storage drivers.
These allow many USB devices that have no drivers for 98 and 98SE to work in those operating systems; even supports USB 2.0 controllers.
Win98SE
http://www.technical-assistance.co....
Win98 original, modified from the 98SE version.
http://www.technical-assistance.co....
Posts here says it isn't necessarily necessary to remove existing USB drivers:
http://help.lockergnome.com/windows...
They also work with a Certified Data card reader that has no 98SE drivers, other flash drives, and other USB devices I have, but an iPod Shuffle does not work.
Also see response 3 in this - there are some situations where some USB devices will not work properly:
http://www.computing.net/answers/ha...

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Response Number 4

Name: Gary Fletcher
Date: April 30, 2008 at 09:07:26 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

Reply: (edit)

Thanks for your very thorough reply. Kingston sent me the link for the generic drivers you have above and it worked for me as well. Now I have everything backed up and can say goodbye to Windows 98 and my superslow computer forever!

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Response Number 5

Name: OtheHill
Date: April 30, 2008 at 09:36:32 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

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Gary, I would advise your to verify the data is readable before wiping the drive.

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Response Number 6

Name: Tubesandwires
Date: April 30, 2008 at 09:57:28 Pacific
Subject: Windows 98 doesn't find driver

Reply: (edit)

OK.
It's good to hear the drivers worked for you.
As a side note, Win 98/98SE/ME work very well if you have 128mb of ram installed, and adequately with 96mb, or a bit more if you are using onboard video.
Having more ram on a slow computer yields a very noticable improvement in performance.
I did some tests in Win98SE and found if you have less than 96mb there is a lot more hard drive "thrashing" while booting because the Windows swap file on the hard drive is used more rather than the ram, booting takes a lot longer, and Sisoft Sandra tests show the hard drive cannot reach it's full "burst" data transfer rate.

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