I have nothing against floppy disks, really, but being able to use USB flash drives would be far more practical. This wouldn't be as important if I could get one of the modems to work, but right now neither is working.
I believe someone is getting an external US Robotics 56k modem for me on eBay at the moment, and my hunch is external modems are more reliable than internal modems so that one may work more seamlessly. I'm not so sure though, given my problems so far. I extracted the files for the second driver but I found just a bunch of ". I didn't do anything after that. I am following the procedures available online for getting Windows 98 to work with USB 2. Do I just need drivers, or is some other change required?
My main reason for needing USB 2. I have a feeling I may need to do trial and error to get the right drivers, and given the capacity of a floppy disk that route would not really be practical. At the moment, however, floppy disks are the only thing working perfectly for me. Fortunately, there are some generic drivers available, such as from here.
I found this site by searching the web for "windows 98 usb mass storage driver" - other sites are available with similar drivers. You'll need the version for Second Edition. This particular driver is a self-installing EXE file, so it's just a case of running the downloaded file and rebooting afterwards.
I used them myself some years ago and can attest to the fact that they work, although there is a warning on the website that they may not work with all available USB mass storage devices. One solution is to use a USB-to-Floppy interface adapter. One brand of these is Gotek. You can even mount it in a drive bay, perhaps in place of the original floppy drive. The computer will think it's reading a floppy disk when it's actually reading a floppy image file on a USB stick. But not many manufacturers provided them, limiting usable USB drives.
You just use the CF card as a removable Hard drive. Old game consoles and some laptops use them instead of real HDDs. I still have one working in here. So you use one such adapter in your old computer and in the new one you just need a card reader, or another adapter if PATA is still an option.
In your case, I would first try the on-board USB 1. The usual stuff that I installed was:. You can find those in here How to patch binaries in DOS? This is certainly possible with third-party software. NUSB :. NUSB in languages other than English. Mirror 1 :. Unfortunately, they often do not come with drivers because Windows Me, , XP and Vista all come with generic drivers already installed.
This way all you need to do is plug the drive in, Windows will recognise it and you will automatically see the drive in My Computer. Some manufacturers do however, provide the Windows 98 drivers on CD, others have them available to download, and others simply do not have them available at all.
If you are using Windows 98, and you do not know the manufacturer of the storage device, or you can't find the drivers, what can you do? Fortunately, there are some generic Windows 98 USB mass storage device drivers available that work with most such devices.
This means that these drivers will work with many makes and models of the following:. Native without installation of additional drivers for each type support USB flash drives, digital photo and videocameras and other similar devices. Universal Stack USB 2. Remove ALL unknown devices. Install NUSB 3. After detection new USB 2. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Thread starter zabette Start date Dec 8, Status This thread has been Locked and is not open to further replies.
The original thread starter may use the Report button to request it be reopened but anyone else with a similar issue should start a New Thread. Watch our Welcome Guide to learn how to use this site. Joined Dec 8, Messages 3. I have no other backup at the moment. When I click Properties the error message is Code "This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed.
When I click "Update Driver", then Search for a better driver, then location c:, it says the best driver Windows found is already installed for this device.
Question two: Is this really a USB flash drive driver? Why is it picking this driver? Is there a way to get it to pick the correct driver?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or should I just order a Windows 98SE compatible device online? I was hoping to back up my files sooner rather than later as I risk losing 9 years' worth of data on this PC. Joined Apr 28, Messages I am assuming that you extracted the driver for the USB drive? If you did you need to direct the computer to the driver file. USB devices can be complicated in Windows 98 if they are not natively supported. Verbatim and PNY both have drives that are supported and the drivers are easier to install.
The drivers must be installed first and the computer must be restarted before you insert the USB drive.
With Verbatim, there is a self-extracting package and after you restart, all you have to do is insert the drive into the USB port. Joined Jan 9, Messages 19, Free Analysis.
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