Andrew T. Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 How does one go about using a USB flash memory device on Windows 95 OSR2?Mainly to satisfy my own curiosity, I borrowed a 256MB SanDisk Cruzer today to see if I could bring it to life on my computer with Nathan's drivers. I haven't yet gotten it to work (or even be detected by the system), though.I do have the USB supplement installed. However, it wouldn't surprise me if something's improperly configured, or if I'm doing something wrong: I've never used USB devices on this system or any Windows system before. Any tips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijzelf Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Is the stick visible in the devicemanager? If it is visible, but has an exclamation mark, then you can try to load the driver by hand. Select properties, choose update driver, select 'No, select from a list', select 'Show all hardware', and point to the driver. I suppose it's called 'USB mass storage driver', or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 There are two USB patches, actually. There's the USB supplement, and an update. Both are on the CD-ROM.After that it should detect new hardware when you insert it, and then you point to the drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Just in case, alternate drivers to try are Maximus Decim's:http://www.msfn.org/board/Maximum-Decim-Na...USB-t43605.htmlGeneric one:http://www.msfn.org/board/Generic-98-USB-d...-me-t99220.htmljaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dencorso Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 Give a close look into PassingBy's posts inside Maximum Decim's NUSB thread. If I remember right he was working on generic support for Win 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 NUSB doesn't work on Windows 95, and likely never will.PassingBy is making an attempt, but when I tested months ago it didn't work so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp193 Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 Please make sure that the disk is not NTFS formatted. Win9x cannot read NTFS disks without 3rd party tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew T. Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hi all,It seems that something had been borked up with my drivers. After fiddling with the Device Manager a bit, the computer started picking up the USB hardware and memory stick. Thanks for the tips, in any case: Things work like a charm now, and I can access files from the device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew T. Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 Just another thought:Is there any upper limit to the capacity of flash drives that remain compatible with Windows 95? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_sw Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 (edited) Is there any upper limit to the capacity of flash drives that remain compatible with Windows 95?usualy,fat16 will define the limiton 32KB per cluster that would be around 2GB. Edited November 18, 2008 by Joseph_sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijzelf Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 W95 OSR2 supports FAT32. So theoretically the first limit is 2 TiB. (At 2TiB you've got 2^32 sectors on the Mass Storage Device) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I recall hearing about compatibility problems on all OSs with flash drives larger (or starting at?) 2 GB because of a change in the standard to accomodate this size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijzelf Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 AFAIK that is only for SD cards, and the problem is the cardreader, not the OS. For the OS the same driver (USB mass storage) is used for both flash memory and external harddisks. So a 2GB limit would be very inconvenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erpdude8 Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 (edited) NUSB doesn't work on Windows 95, and likely never will.PassingBy is making an attempt, but when I tested months ago it didn't work so well.and still haven't made any subsequent attempts for PassingBy to update his USB storage pack which is still in beta and not reliable enough to recommend using them.Better off using Nathan's usb storage drivers which worked with my Sony MicroVault 4GB USB Flash drive (fat32 formatted) & my cousin's old eMachine computer with Win95 SR2.5.There are two USB patches, actually. There's the USB supplement, and an update. Both are on the CD-ROM.After that it should detect new hardware when you insert it, and then you point to the drivers.Only the OSR2.1 and OSR2.5 CDs have the USB supplement and the USB patches. Some OSR2 CDs don't contain them.No matter. For those that don't have the OSR2.x CD's you can download the required USB support supplement packs/patchesat the USBMan sites:http://www.usbman.com/WebDrivers/Win95USB%...ate/usbsupp.ziphttp://www.usbman.com/WebDrivers/Win95USB%...ate/usbupd2.zipThis one is optional but installing USBQFE from MDGx's web site can iron out some bugs with Win95's USB support:http://www.mdgx.com/files/USBQFE.EXE(install USB supplement pack first before installing USBQFE) Edited November 21, 2008 by erpdude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenoitRen Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Some OSR2 CDs don't contain them.Some? According to Nathan Lineback, the only difference between OSR 2.0 and OSR 2.1 is that the USB updates are on the CD of the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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