Re: Pen Drive & Win98

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"Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> USBSTOR is a generic device class, I know of no vendor-specific drivers
> for
> USB storage (if it is not combined with MP3 player or camera). All USB pen
> drives are controlled by the same driver.
>
> OSes later then Win98 have the USBSTOR driver in the OS itself provided
> by
> MS. For Win98, try searching it on the web.
>
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> Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
> StorageCraft Corporation
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> http://www.storagecraft.com
>
> "SA3214 @Eclipse.co.uk>" <sa3214<No Spam> wrote in message
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>> Thanks for the info - I have WinXP on my main computer but was hoping to
>> use
>> the pen drive to transfer some data to another older pc.
>> I thought there may have been some generic drivers, perhaps with reduced
>> performance or functionality, for these devices as I believe there are
>> for
>> vga monitors.
>> In any event ... thanks again
>>
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>> "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > Usually the Win98 driver is shipped together with the pen drive.
>> >
>> > If not - then I would suggest the OS upgrade, Win98 is too nasty and
>> > obsolete. All more recent OSes support the USB storage out-of-the-box.
>> >
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>> > Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
>> > StorageCraft Corporation
>> > maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > http://www.storagecraft.com
>> >
>> > "SA3214 @Eclipse.co.uk>" <sa3214<No Spam> wrote in message
>> > news:uR$3qDjjFHA.2920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> I have a USB pendrive and although Win 98 recognises it as a USB when
>> >> I
>> >> plug
>> >> it in it tells me I need to install a driver ... which I don't have.
>> >> This may be a naive question but is there a 'universal' driver that
>> >> would
>> >> work with Win98 which would allow me to use my new toy.
>> >>
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