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MDGx ... Yes, the Feb 2010 DST update works for me. I think I had already put that update on in March but I put it on again to test it. Going back to the other update that didn't seem to work ... maybe it was OK, no one else reported any problem with it. I noticed when I went to shut down my computer there was a pop up window (for only a second!) with the word "Error" on it. I couldn't read anything else ... makes me "mad" when those windows only stay open for a second and a person doesn't have a chance to read everything. I thought I also saw "NT" but I can't be sure. I do have the last stable version of KernelEX installed on my computer, if there would be any connection there. thanks ...

MDGx has a new DST Update dated Apr 23, 2010 at his Update Page. It starts to install for me and then it will just quit and disappear ... no finished update. http://www.mdgx.com/upd98me.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-23-2010 Update Time Zone (TZ) DST: New DST update from Q979306 WinXP Fix. Replaced obsolete DST update from Q976098 WinXP Fix. Fixed Reg2Inf bug: restored "normal" INF install: • Unofficial Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME 2006-2010 December 2009 Cumulative Daylight Saving Time (DST) Time Zone Updates: • Unofficial DST Update for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [120 KB, English]. • Unofficial DST Update for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [122 KB, Italian]. More info. DST Update(s) for corresponding Operating System(s) MUST be installed by ALL Windows users REGARDLESS of geographical/Time Zone location! ALL Unofficial Cumulative DST Updates above install ALL Time Zone Updates and also delete obsolete 2006 Australian (Melbourne Commonwealth Games) DST registry entries (if any). Windows 98, 98 SP1 + 98 SE require ALL Year 2000 (Y2K) Updates + Q237493 TIMEDATE.CPL Fixes already installed! DST Updates MSFN Forum. .... has anybody else had this problem? I am downloading: Unofficial DST Update for Windows 98/98 SP1/98 SE/ME [120 KB, English]. thanks ...

Thanks Prozactive and dencorso for the info on the version numbers. Learn something new everyday.

dencorso ... My version of ESDI_506.PDR on my Windows 98SE machine is showing as v4.10.2230 ... you mention the version 4.10.0.2225 with that extra "0" after the "10" ... is that correct? I'm a little confused on these versions. I found this list of versions by LLXX from 2006: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am not responsible for any damage caused by the use of these drivers. Attached File(s) * Attached File 4102226F.ZIP (14.1K) Number of downloads: 1882 * Attached File 4102222F.ZIP (13.87K) Number of downloads: 987 * Attached File 4903000F.ZIP (15.23K) Number of downloads: 708 * Attached File 4102225F.ZIP (13.98K) Number of downloads: 1062 * Attached File 4102001F.ZIP (13.85K) Number of downloads: 487 * Attached File 4102186F.ZIP (13.97K) Number of downloads: 529 * Attached File 4001111F.ZIP (13.53K) Number of downloads: 428 * Attached File 4001119F.ZIP (13.65K) Number of downloads: 594 This post has been edited by LLXX: 04 August 2006 - 04:29 AM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks ...

Yes jaclaz, I had found some info about using SwissKnife before I bought the new USB External hard drive. Already had SwissKnife downloaded. I also found info on using FDISK and DOS ... but I am weak on DOS knowledge and after I bought the drive, I got lucky and found the little Verbatim FAT32 utility ... couldn't have been any easier ... at least for me ... maybe for some others also. Thank for the reply.

Went to Office Max yesterday and bought a new Seagate 500 GB External USB Hard Drive to use with Windows 98SE. When I connected it, the USB icon in the tray appeared but no drive letter was showing in My Computer. Was hoping I could make this work ... Read a review on this particular hard drive and that it would not work with Windows 98SE since it comes pre-formatted for NTFS. However, after searching around on Google last night, I found this little utility that is supposed to reformat a NTFS USB hard drive to FAT32. http://www.verbatim.com/downloads/format.cfm How to Reformat a Verbatim Hard Drive for Windows Verbatim provides a FAT32 format utility (see further below for download instructions) that eliminates the 32GB partition limitation. There is a link in this part: Formatting to FAT32 Click here to download the Verbatim FAT32 format utility. Save the file to your computer at a location that can easily be remembered. After the file has finished downloading, close all internet browser windows and browse to the location of the file. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't think it would have to be a Verbatim hard drive. I don't have an XP computer though ... you will need that since the USB hard drive has to be "seen". I went to a friend's XP computer today and hooked the USB drive up and ran the FAT32 utility. It took about 20 seconds and it was now a USB FAT32 500 GB external hard drive. Tried it on my Win 98SE machine ... showing up as a 500 GB drive as Drive "E" ... it is also backward compatible to USB 1.1 ... I hooked it into a computer that is USB 2.0 (Windows 98SE) and then I hooked it into an older USB 1.1 hub that I still use. Don't know if this will be of any help to anyone. Maybe someone that also wanted to get a larger external hard drive. Getting hard to find older FAT32 external hard drives these days. That Fat32 utility made everything very easy and painless. ...

PROBLEMCHYLD ... I was interested to see if anyone would reply to your last post about "making" 2xExplorer the default over Windows Explorer. However, I found this question asked in the FAQs section for 2xExplorer and the reply from the 2xExplorer developer, I guess. He doesn't recommend doing that but does make a suggestion. http://netez.com/2xExplorer/faq.html Q15. How can I make 2xExplorer the default application for all my folders? A. I wouldn't recommend replacing the standard explorer altogether, but it's very easy to add a "verb" that will give you the chance to open folders with 2xExplorer. From explorer edit the "File Type" associations (View | Folder Options | File Types tab). It's not very intuitive, but if you scroll down you'll find a Folder "file type", which you can Edit as usual. Create a new verb e.g. "2xOpen" and edit its action. This should have "c:\YourPath\2xExplorer.exe" "%1" as the new command line (including the quotation marks, too). Now whenever you right click on a folder, there's going to be a "2xOpen" item in the context menu. There was another forum site (Google search) that someone asked the same question and the answer looked interesting but the forum isn't up at present. FREE Explorer Replacement... - HFT Online Forums 4 posts - 3 authors - Last post: Sep 24, 2007 Yes, an excellent, free replacement for MS's Explorer. ... How can I make 2xExplorer the default application for all my folders? ... You could also change the target of the explorer by going to accessories>explorer>right ... www.hftonline.com

MDGx .... thanks for mentioning FreeCommander 2008.06c. Finally had a little time to work with it today. I like it very much ... never heard of it before, thanks again.

Ok, thanks for the additional help. Yes, I saw that in that article but I have no idea how to get that onto a floppy disc or how to load anything into the config.sys. Do I copy all those instuctions to notepad in the form of a text and then put that onto a floppy? Look I will read the links that you have supplied. This really isn't that important for me to know all this anyway. I have the Ghost program working in my older computers, which works for me. I have no real reason to have USB working in DOS anyway. I'll stick with Win 98SE and work on the DOS thing in bits and pieces. If I truly never understand DOS, it will not be a big loss for me. .... Thanks again

Well, then I don't understand why the DOS USB drivers are out there as downloads. I know that when I put some DOS USB drivers (Panasonic package) on my old Toshiba several years ago I was able to see the USB flash drive so I could use the Ghost program. I didn't install Ghost with USB drivers, just used the "normal" Ghost program on the CD. As I said earlier, I have very limited knowledge of anything DOS related. So you are saying these DOS USB drivers are of no use to me in the way I placed them manually into the System folder. I can very easily remove them if they are completely worthless on my system, that's no problem. What DOS USB driver package should be used and how should they be installed and where will these drivers be sitting after the install? Just for my knowledge.

sp193 I have extracted from several different DOS USB downloads the following USB drivers. Just finished this yesterday and then I manually placed them into my System folder, I didn't add the Cypress drivers. I was able to get the Kingston flash drive to finally show up in the IBM Thinkpad yesterday. Ghost 2003 does have a version that loads USB drivers, but I never could see the flash drive when I worked with it in the past ... I spent some time with it yesterday and finally saw the USB flash drive and did a Ghost backup. This wasn't a real critical thing for me on the IBM since it has a CD/DVD burner and I just use that ... but I still wanted to see if I could get the flash drive to "show up". I was not doing a few things right when Ghost was installing ... I don't have Ghost installed on my machine, everything on a CD that starts when I boot the computer. I made up the list so I could tell in the future if a "newer" version of one of those DOS USB drivers shows up, I have enough info at a glance to see if I indeed do have a "newer" version of a driver. --------------------------------------------------------------- USB DOS Drivers Panasonic: Usbaspi_sys ... 11/27/2002 37.0 KB Usbaspi0_sys ... 05/25/2001 42.5 KB Usbaspi1_sys ... 11/26/2002 37.0 KB Usbaspi2_sys ... 10/26/2003 38.1 KB Usbaspi3_sys ... 11/07/2004 38.2 KB Usbaspia_sys ... 11/26/2002 20.3 KB Usbaspib_sys ... 05/21/2001 42.5 KB Usbaspie_sys ... 11/07/2004 38.2 KB Usbcd_sys ... 11/11/2002 5.37 KB Iomega: Aspi1394_sys ... 08/14/2002 46.7 KB Aspiehci_sys ... 09/27/2002 48.6 KB Aspiohci_sys ... 08/14/2002 48.0 KB Aspiuhci_sys ... 08/14/2002 49.4 KB Motto-Hairu: Di1000dd_sys ... 08/16/2001 15.9 KB Ramfd_sys ... 11/11/2002 21.5 KB OHCIUHCI: Ohci ... 04/12/2004 126.0 KB Uhci ... 04/12/2004 127.0 KB Cypress USB: Duse42 ... 04/26/2002 95.4 KB Duse44 ... 09/20/2002 104.0 KB Duse49 ... 03/17/2002 106.0 KB Duseldr ... 09/20/2002 1.94 KB Ninja-USB: Njusbcda.sys ... 05/17/2000 17.6 KB

sp193 ... thanks for explaining in more detail about the different USB drivers. I will Google what you wrote for more information. I forgot to mention ... the IBM Thinkpad came with Win XP installed and I took it off and put Win 98SE on. I think I remember reading somewhere that XP didn't really use DOS like 98SE or maybe there was a different version of DOS on an XP computer. I would like to get my flash drive to work in DOS on the IBM. It might come in handy one day. ... thanks again

Ok, I did forget to mention that I also downloaded the USB drivers mentioned in your earlier post. I installed both, so maybe it was those drivers that worked. I can't say with my limited knowledge on all this. I do still have a problem though ... it was my older Toshiba notebook that has no CD burner and I needed the flash drive to be reconized in DOS for the Ghost program. The USB slot in that computer is 1.1 ... and of course the flash drive does work. Now in my newer IBM Thinkpad I still do not see the Kingston flash. The USB slot in the IBM is 2.0 speed. I am thinking that these drivers are only for USB 1.1 and not 2.0 ... then that might explain why I still can't see the Kingston flash drive in the IBM. Is the case or can someone give me some ideas or an explanation on the flash drive not being detected (DOS)on the newer IBM? ...thanks ** thanks for the new version download ... will work with that.

Just a quick update on the USB Drivers for DOS so that Ghost would also work with a flash drive. I came across this article about Panasonic Japan USB drivers for DOS. This particular package seems to be the one to have. It's called the "miracle driver" from Japan. I never could get my Kingston Data Traveler 4GB flash drive to show up in DOS but now it does. I was able to make a Ghost backup on a computer with no CD/DVD burner. I made the backup to the flash drive and then went to another computer with a burner to put the backup on a CD. Article about the Panasonic Japan driver: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1046069/yes-usb-drivers-dos This is just the "beginning" of the article and it does mention using Ghost: Yes, there are USB drivers for DOS... Miracle-driver from Panasonic Japan does the unthinkable By Fernando Cassia Friday, 27 June 2003 HAVING AN EXTERNAL USB cd-writer or hard disk works wonders as long as your operating system is in good shape. But if someday the system stops booting, you are lost. Booting from good old MS-DOS or Windows boot diskettes - even fitted with the needed third party NTFSDOS or EXTFS drivers - gives you access to your fixed hard disk only, but none of the USB peripherals can be accessed from the DOS command line. Before you start scratching your head, let me repeat that this is not related to your favorite linux distro's or Windows XP/W2K/98/ME's USB support, this has to do with people like me, booting some flavor of DOS to copy files around or using DOS-based partition back-up software. Imagine that you want to use Paragon Drive Backup, Powerquest's Drive Image, or Norton Ghost, to backup your hard disk partitions to that nice 120gb external USB 2.0 hard disk you just bought. You can't do it. Or if your wife/husband has managed to mess up her/his system so badly that it can't boot anymore, yet she/he wants you to have a copy of those nice digital pictures stored on a compactflash card plugged into the compactflash reader?. No way, Jose. Not from DOS, used to be the phrase. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the backup (in Japanese - but the download tab is easy to spot.) http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/drive/cdrrw/kxlrw40an/download.html Thought I should post this, if anyone else had the same problem or needed a fix.

Thanks jaclaz and herbalist ... as I mentioned before, my knowledge of DOS is very limited. I worked for the government in the early 90s when I actually got my first computer placed on my desk ... it was DOS (I think, it was hard to get things figured out!) and then in like 3 months, everybody was getting another new computer with Win 95 on it. That was for me, I at least understood a computer better. It didn't seem to be too very long that new computers with Win 98 were being installed. All that stuff was happening fast back in the 90's. So you might say, DOS came and went fast for me, I just really never had the opportunity to fool around with it. I still have that interest to play around with DOS on one of my computers and try to understand it better and how it worked.

Ok ... I missed that line, "Read the included USBINTRO.DOC file for documentation and information on how to use the programs." at the web page. After unzipping the package, I read the "readme" in the package but there is no mention made in there to go the USBINTRO.DOC. I saw it but didn't open it. Had no reason to go back to the web site where I might have read that line. Honest mistake on my part ... with 186 pages I may have to put that off for a few days also. I will figure it all out. ... thanks

OK, thanks, I will work with those USB drivers later in a few days. Concerning the other package ... what exactly are those DOS drivers? Since I already have Win 98SE with DOS installed, are those drivers already on my hard drive. I'd still like to know how to install something like that package, as I asked in my first post. Just for general knowledge for the future. That person that has that web site seems to be updating that DOS USB package regularly.

No, all my computers accept a flash drive ... no problem there. I just added this to my last post ... "I need to get the Ghost backup onto a flash drive then go to a computer with a burner and I then have my CD/DVD Ghost backup." From my research I need to get DOS USB flash drivers so that I can work with a flash drive in DOS. I just thought that DOS USB Driver package (USBDOS - http://bretjohnson.us/ ) would have what I need. I was just going to install the whole package to test other things also. I also have some old DOS games that I bought years ago but have never installed, although I probably don't need that package for that, not sure. Right now, if I have my USB flash drive inserted and I go into DOS with Ghost, I see no USB drives listed ... need the DOS drivers.

OK, first of all, I have an older Win 98SE computer that I use for testing and trying things out on. I am weak on DOS knowledge ... have never spent that much time on DOS to really get to know what all I can do with it. I was not aware that the Win 98 "protected mode" could be a problem. I just thought I should know how to install these items for general knowledge. Second, I have a few older desktop computers and my older notebook that do not have a CD burner. I want to try to do a Ghost backup on those computers using a Ghost USB program. I backup my newer computers with Ghost with no problem since they have CD/DVD burners but these older computers, I think I will have to use a USB flash drive in DOS. This is what I understand from searching things out on Google. I need to get the Ghost backup onto a flash drive then go to a computer with a burner and I then have my CD/DVD Ghost backup. herbalist ... my older computers have both a floppy and CD drive but I try to transfer boot floppies and everything to a CD, much easier to work with. thanks ...

I asked this question under the DOS Programs thread ... jaclaz responded suggesting that I start a new thread dealing with this subject. My original post in the DOS Programs ... Need some help ... advice with installing the DOS USB drivers mentioned in Post #27 (DOS Programs). I am interested in the USBDOS - http://bretjohnson.us/ package. There are around 28 items + a ReadMe file in the download but I am not sure how to put them on my machine or where. That package is dated Jan 30, 2010. Do I "drag and drop" or "copy and paste", if so, to what folder in Windows or do I click on each item to install? thanks ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reply from jaclaz ... @duffy98 It is much more complex than what you think. Please start a new thread where we can discuss this issue without hijacking the present thread. jaclaz --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, I will be reading all replies. thanks ...

Need some help ... advice with installing the DOS USB drivers mentioned in Post #27. I am interested in the USBDOS - http://bretjohnson.us/ package. There are around 28 items + a ReadMe file in the download but I am not sure how to put them on my machine or where. That package is dated Jan 30, 2010. Do I "drag and drop" or "copy and paste", if so, to what folder in Windows or do I click on each item to install? thanks ...

This site, which offers several Free Antivirus Rescue CDs and DVDs may be of help ... but since you can't seem to download anything, you would need help from a friend's computer with the help of a CD/DVD burner. They have something new added called: PCTools Alternate Operating System Scanner http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/ant...rescue-cd.shtml *** The link to this "new" program seems to be dead, maybe it is temporary ... can't say for sure. Too bad if it is dead, it sure sounded interesting. PCTools Alternate Operating System Scanner ... This is a bootable anti-spyware scanner that is able to disable spyware components that you cannot get rid of while running Windows (since the spyware prevents itself from being removed). After booting to your CD and running this program, you may still want the companion (commercial) Spyware Doctor to get rid of the remaining bits of the spyware on your system. (Note: since this product has not yet been officially released, it's listed only on the "Labs" page. To get it, click the "PC Tool Labs" link on the side column of the page, then scroll down to look for the "Alternate Operating System Scanner.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I haven't worked with that program, so I know little about it, it's listed as "new". I have the Kaspersky Rescue Disk. Just wanted to have something on hand in case I had a future problem. Kaspersky Rescue Disk "This rescue disk contains a bootable CD that will also boot to a Linux environment, and run a version of the Kaspersky anti-virus program. Like most of the other links on this page, this is an ISO file." ... I would check them all out ... the last Kaspersky Rescue Disk did work with Win 98SE and some of the others may also still work. They aren't always up to date but they usually allow you to go online and update the program or you could just run the CD to see what happens. In the end, you may just want to do what Fredledingue suggested in his earlier posting and try to get an original Win 98SE OS CD and start completely over. I helped a friend fix his computer several years back ... going very slow, 15 minutes to boot up and other stuff ... I put on an anti-virus program, got it running ... there were over 2700 viruses found on his machine ... the anti-virus program just couldn't get rid of about 6 problems. I just re-did his computer with a fresh install of ME (his OS) ... the only choice really left. HTH ...

Fredledingue ... thanks again for the info. After reading Multibooter's thread on single and multi card readers (dencorso - message #6) I decided to get the one that he recommends ... MSI StarReader mini II ... it is a single card reader with various size card slots. Made out of stainless steel and blue led light. Only puts one drive letter on your machine. Trouble is I can't find one for sale anywhere ... At MSI they list "Where to Buy" retailers ... Amazon, Buy.com and several that have gone out of business. Can't find the card at Amazon or Buy.com ... will search on Google. I guess with this card reader and the multi boot card reader I already have, I should be covered, now and down the road. ... thanks

Again dencorso, thanks for posting the links to Multibooter's thread. You always come through with information or help. I have read and copied everything to a folder ... thanks Fredledingue also for your help on a Smart Card and a Multi Card breakdown and the downloads. I am saving everything to a cd for the future, never know if it might be needed and then the downloads might be gone. I admit, I got my card reader probably over a year ago ... bought a cell phone replacement battery direct from Hong Kong and they also had this muliti card reader for sale ... it came with a mini-cd with Win 98SE drivers ... so I thought I had better get a card reader while it still worked with Win 98SE. Then I completely forgot about it till last month. I'd been wanting to get one anyway for a couple of years. My reader only has 4 slots but I see some come with 5 slots, not sure what card goes in the 5th slot or what I'm missing on my card reader. It does read the card I use in my camera. This is an area that I never spent a lot of time investigating and I guess I should. What got me concerned was when Fredledingue started this thread and I read his first post and the card reader that I had bought came back into my head ... located the reader but I could not find the mini-cd with the Win 98SE drivers ... the card reader has no name, just Hong Kong on it, so no web site to go to for the drivers. So I put the MDGx Smart Card Base update on and the new Dec 2009 usbstor.inf update I found in another posting by dencorso ... plugged the card reader in and it was recognized. I have no idea if I needed the updates or not, just happy the card reader was recognized since I couldn't find the mini-cd with the drivers. ... as I said earlier, I guess I need to learn more about card readers for Win 98SE. I may even look around for a cheap 5 slot card reader to have on hand, since I have no idea what card size is missing on my 4 slot card reader. It could be a card I will never use, don't know. Need to research all this. ...thanks again. ** Fredledingue ... Question, that picture of a 5 card reader (Transcend) that you posted earlier, is that the card reader that you have? Looks like a good card reader.

Thanks for the info ... I wasn't real sure about a smart card reader. I have a 4 slot multi card reader ... it puts 4 drive letters on my computer, usually E thru H ... I guess the NUSB works for me without anything additional. There is one other thing that I did do, came to me later after I posted earlier. I replaced usbstor.inf with the one that dencorso made dated Dec 2009 ... maybe that was of some help or the NUSB 3.3 took care of everything.