HoppaLong Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 My copy of 98SE was originally customized by a business partner. It now resideson a IBM ThinkPad that was built to run XP.I have three OCZ Rally2 USB drives. When they were purchased several years ago,OCZ provided drivers at their site. I still use this ThinkPad because it has uniquesoftware that was created for a now extinct business.Google lists a blizzard of generic drivers for USB flash. I remember downloadingseveral collections of these drivers. I use GoBack v4.0 that lets you mount a virtualdrive. Without frequent complete backups or using an app like GoBack I would nevertinker with flaky software!I'd like to buy some new USB drives for this ThinkPad. Are there one or two moderatelypriced brands with downloadable drivers that are guaranteed to work with 98SE?
jaclaz Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 I am not sure to understand.A USB disk drive (or flash stick) *needs* not any particular, specific driver.It is the USB interface (on the PC) that needs those drivers.If you prefer, once a USB port on the PC is functional you can connect to it *any* USB drive.There used to be (and possibly they still exist) "special" drivers for some particular sticks, I remember Buffalo ones that used a special transfer mode to make the data transfer quicker, usually having something like "turbo" in the name, but those sticks worked as well (though slower than when used in conjunction with the specialized drivers) on *any* PC.jaclaz
Flasche Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 If your still looking for "a" usb driver then here's your bet. http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php .
Arminius Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 My copy of 98SE was originally customized by a business partner. It now resideson a IBM ThinkPad that was built to run XP.I have three OCZ Rally2 USB drives. When they were purchased several years ago,OCZ provided drivers at their site. I still use this ThinkPad because it has uniquesoftware that was created for a now extinct business.Google lists a blizzard of generic drivers for USB flash. I remember downloadingseveral collections of these drivers. I use GoBack v4.0 that lets you mount a virtualdrive. Without frequent complete backups or using an app like GoBack I would nevertinker with flaky software!I'd like to buy some new USB drives for this ThinkPad. Are there one or two moderatelypriced brands with downloadable drivers that are guaranteed to work with 98SE?You can't be serious. You would have as much luck finding a fast food restaurant that serves Brontosaurus burgers.I still use an mp3 player that came with its own driver for 98SE but that is because I bought a few of them when the store had a clearance sale back in 2008.Even if you were to find "old stock" I wonder how long the USB sticks would remain functional given the fact that they would have been manufactured a decade ago. There is a button battery built into them which manufacturers guarantee for 10 years, and with luck lasts several years longer. Once the battery runs out the USB stick will no longer hold data.If the USB ports on your Thinkpad are USB 1.1 then I suggest you download the drivers Flasche provided the link for and use those. USB 3.0 drives are now on the shelves and one can only wonder how long USB 2.0 drives will be available. USB 2.0 drives are backward compatible to USB 1.1 but USB 3.0 drives are only backward compatible to USB 2.0.And what do you mean by "moderately priced"? The price of USB drives has come down so much over the years that where I live a 32GB drive cost less than a bottle of booze and a 16GB drive costs less a pack of cigarettes.
bphlpt Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 There is a button battery built into them which manufacturers guarantee for 10 years, and with luck lasts several years longer. Once the battery runs out the USB stick will no longer hold data.?????To my knowledge, basic USB sticks do not have batteries of any kind and do not depend on power from any source to hold their data.Cheers and Regards
jaclaz Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 To my knowledge, basic USB sticks do not have batteries of any kind and do not depend on power from any source to hold their data.That is good , as also advanced and highly advanced USB sticks completely lack batteries, no bases for making a classist distinction among them.BUT extremely highly advanced may actually have them, example:http://www.istorage-uk.com/datashur.phpAs a OT and very side note, the actual security of this kind of "secure" device is - generally speaking - to be verified, see:http://spritesmods.com/?art=securityNow, if Arminuis was making reference to a USB MP3 player, even if it is normally seen as a "Mass Storage Device", just like an USB flash stick is (and has a battery) is not properly (or not only) a "USB stick".jaclaz
dencorso Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 I love pendrives. I have several Corsairs, some Kingstons, two Sony, one Patriot and one OCZ (the great OCZ ATV Turbo 8 GB, out of production for a long time already). I've opened some and read many in-depth reviews that involve full disassembly, and I'm positive the common garden-variety pendrives do *not* contain nor need any type of battery whatsoever, and the same holds for SD (and SDHC) cards, too. Moreover all USB 3.0 pendrives are compatible with USB 2.0 (operating in what they call "USB 2.1 mode") and use to be much faster in that USB 2.0 than any native USB 2.0 device ever was. Last, but not least, Maximus-Decim NUSB should be the sole driverpack ever needed to recognize and use any USB pendrives and/or external HDDs on 9x/ME.
HoppaLong Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Flasche, that link you posted looks like a good bet.I'm sure you've all seen USB sticks that are waterproof and cansurvive being dropped from a tall building or run over by a truck.These sticks are very expensive! That's why I said "moderately priced."Thumb drives are powered by the USB port. There may be some veryunusual thumb drives that require more power than an ordinary USBport can provide. I have never read about or seen a stick drive thatrequired a battery.I asked for brand names because I was hoping there was a genericdriver that a forum member used successfully with one or two specificbrands. I don't want to experiment.Any thumb drive with a USB 2.0 plug will fit the "Squid Hub" that'sconnected to my ThinkPad.Well, if I buy a couple of sticks in a local Walmart or Target I canalways return them.
dencorso Posted April 23, 2014 Posted April 23, 2014 I'm sorry I cannot help with brand recommendations... most of the pendrives I own are precisely those that claim they can survive being put through some cycles in the washing machine, being dropped from tall buildings and being run over by a truck (although I've never put any of them through such resistence tests). That said, any "el cheapo" pendrive that's honest enough to actually be the size it claims to be should work fine with NUSB and give you no headaches under 9x/ME at all.
ZortMcGort11 Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Brand: Tech UniverseSize: 2 GigabytesModel: TU1417Version: USB 2.0Drivers: http://techuniverseproducts.com/customer_care/driversStore: Rite Aid(the box says compatible with Windows ME, which is the reason I buy them. I have about ten of them. They work great with Windows ME. Their website has drivers for Win98. I'm going to assume that the drivers work. Why else would they offer drivers for Windows 98 if they didn't work?)Does this at least partially answer the original poster's question? Or am I completely, totally LOST? Edited April 25, 2014 by LostInSpace2012
Flasche Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Brand: Tech UniverseSize: 2 GigabytesModel: TU1417Version: USB 2.0Drivers:http://techuniverseproducts.com/customer_care/driversStore: Rite Aid(the box says compatible with Windows ME, which is the reason I buy them. I have about ten of them. They work great with Windows ME. Their website has drivers for Win98. I'm going to assume that the drivers work. Why else would they offer them?)You know any generic thumb drive should work with Me. Me unlike 98 has a generic driver already.
ZortMcGort11 Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I know, that's why I also put the link for the Windows 98 drivers :-)I thought he wanted drivers for a Windows 98 USB flash drive?If there's no Rite Aid store nearby, you can order here (if they're still in stock):http://www.matelectronics.com/computer/computer-accessories/tu1417-usb-2gb-flash-drive/ Edited April 25, 2014 by LostInSpace2012
jaclaz Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Again, there is NO such thing as "specific" USB flash sticks "compatible" with 98 or Me.If the OS has USB drivers (for mass storage class) *any* will work (talking of "base" features, i.e. set aside encryption, particular partitioning/formatting, etc.).jaclaz
dencorso Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Flasche had already given a link to MD's NUSB elsewhere, now I add the thread about it here, too. Maximus-Decim: Native USB Drivers (NUSB) for 98 SE If your still looking for "a" usb driver then here's your bet. http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php. No specific driver is needed. Everybody and his/her cousin knows NUSB works flawlessly!
jaclaz Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Everybody and his/her cousin knows NUSB works flawlessly!And, should it not we even have an alternative for it :http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/99220-generic-98-usb-driver-for-memory-sticks-on-98se-works/jaclaz
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