USB Flash Windows 98 First

T-R-A October 27, 2017 at 12:08:49

http://www.technical-assistance.co.... Make sure it's the 1st edition that you download. "Channeling the spirit of jboy..."

ChristopherTGarrett October 27, 2017 at 13:33:45

Download? It's the Original Compaq Restore CD believe it or not. Can you even download Windows 98?

T-R-A October 27, 2017 at 14:32:45

I refer to the links on the page. Maybe this link will be a little more self-explanatory: http://www.technical-assistance.co.... Under the section "Download"... "Channeling the spirit of jboy..." message edited by T-R-A

riider October 27, 2017 at 17:32:06

Do you have a CD/DVD burner? Or how about just removing the HDD & temporarily slaving it to another system? message edited by riider

phil22 October 28, 2017 at 04:02:22

Struggling along with a 20-year old operating system is frankly ridiculous in my opinion.

T-R-A October 28, 2017 at 10:28:57

I'd suspect he's not really "struggling along", but merely trying to retrieve data from an older system... "Channeling the spirit of jboy..." message edited by T-R-A

OtheHill October 28, 2017 at 21:29:49

You may be able to use a cross over network cable if you have Network connections on both machines.

I wonder if this applies to my situation. I have a Dell notebook computer made in 1998. It has the original version USB port. Essentially USB 1.0. The computer had Windows 95 C on it, but I replaced it with Windows 98 SE. Would the drivers linked to above work with the USB 1.0 port? -- Jeff, in Minneapolis

OtheHill October 29, 2017 at 07:51:39

Jeff Flash drives were not in existence 20 years ago. So, even if you could get the USB port working, about all you could use it for would be hardware that doesn't need dedicated drivers, or has Win98SE drivers available. Printers and scanners are useless without accompanying software.

T-R-A October 29, 2017 at 13:49:36

"Would the drivers linked to above work with the USB 1.0 port? Never tried it (but don't think it would matter) with a 1.0 port but they do work with a 1.1 port. As stated on the site, they are "generic USB Mass Storage Device" drivers, so they should work with flash drives, CF card readers and so on. Remember that there may be some issues with reading drives above 2GB (FAT16/FAT32-related), but I know I've had them read 4/8GB flash drives (FAT32) with the Win98SE drivers. "Channeling the spirit of jboy..." message edited by T-R-A

riider October 29, 2017 at 16:17:35

You would have to install USB drivers for the motherboard plus install drivers for the USB flash drive. Or upgrade to WinME which had built-in USB support. "Windows ME is the only operating system in the Windows 9x series that includes generic drivers for USB mass storage devices and USB printers. Support for FireWire SBP-2 scanners and storage devices is also improved." http://dictionnaire.sensagent.lepar... "Microsoft driver support for both USB printers, and for USB mass-storage device class is not available for Windows 98; support for both was introduced in Windows 2000; however generic third party free drivers are available today for USB MSC devices." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windo...

ChristopherTGarrett October 29, 2017 at 17:41:00

Thanks for all the replies. I am going to be playing around with this old computer soon maybe this week I will fire it up some. "Phill22 Struggling along with a 20-year old operating system is frankly ridiculous in my opinion." I am sorry you feel that way. There are still a few of us who like to tinker around with old computers. And I happen to be one of them. My plans are to have it set up to play old games on real hardware not some VM. In my opinion I feel the same about VM's. It's just a do as you want thing. Feel free to check out my video's I have made on tinkering around with it. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo... Someone asked if I had a CD-Writer the answer is yes I do. message edited by ChristopherTGarrett

Derek November 3, 2017 at 09:56:05

Phil22 This is the Win 9x forum so isn't it quite likely that folk visiting it will be wanting to work on old kit? Same applies to Vista and Win 31. There are even folk who fix vintage cars. Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks message edited by Derek

ChristopherTGarrett January 9, 2018 at 02:41:58

Trek Technology and IBM began selling the first USB flash drives commercially in 2000. Trek Technology sold a model under the brand name "ThumbDrive", and IBM marketed the first such drives in North America with its product named the "DiskOnKey", which was developed and manufactured by the Israeli company M-Systems. Almost 20 years. Anyway I am not struggling along. This is a hobby Vintage computers. Just like Vintage cars for some people. And yes I have gotten the USB to work in 98 just have not had much time to mess with the system. I have limited room and have to unhook my current desktop to hook the old one up. That will soon change though. Then I can have both systems hooked up and struggle along some more.

ChristopherTGarrett January 19, 2020 at 07:52:57

"phil22 October 28, 2017 at 07:02:22 Select as Best Answer ✔ Struggling along with a 20-year old operating system is frankly ridiculous in my opinion." And I am still struggling along. Not really just messing around with it when I get a chance. Trying to find a drive under 10 GB is a struggle. I have purchased 2 drives off ebay from same person both were bad. Seller claimed they worked. Then he refunded me saying not to send it back because he is clearing out old drives. That makes me think it was really not tested. You can get USB drivers for Windows 98 FE for flash drives to work. Also T-R-A October 27, 2017 at 15:08:49 Select as Best Answer ✔ http://www.technical-assistance.co.... Make sure it's the 1st edition that you download. That link is not broken redirects to bad sites. message edited by ChristopherTGarrett

T-R-A January 19, 2020 at 12:22:11

At the time (almost 2 1/2 years ago) the site was still operational. But a Google search should find the drivers still.... "Channeling the spirit of jboy..."

ChristopherTGarrett January 26, 2020 at 18:55:59

Yes I know this post is old. I just have not been on this site much. I did not even realize it had been 2 years. I wish I had the original monitor keyboard and mouse and speakers for that old Compaq. I have the original Bigfoot drive but it is slow. I am using a 20 GB right now but want to get it close to original specs. I need to find a drive under 10 GB. I love this old system. Sadly Compaq has pulled all the drivers off there site. I found the Restore CD and it restores 98 First. 98 First it seems to crash allot get allot of illegal errors if I am not in jail by now guess I am safe. I did find my answer I have drivers for 98 First and it could have been from that broken site 2 years ago I do not remember where I got it. This compaq is a Compaq Presario 5150 AMD K62 350 Mhz 96 MB Ram. My original Compaq was a presario 5151 same specs maby different ram. Something was different about the 2. message edited by ChristopherTGarrett