USB Pen

Pierre · 13-01-2005, 11:38

I was given a USB memory stick pen for christmas. It was on from the "NEXT" gadget collection.

However, I haven't got a driver disk for it (I don't know if I have lost it or if it had one with it)

Does anyone now if there is a universal type driver for these kind of things??

Cheers
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**Chris** · 13-01-2005, 11:43

I'm surprised you need a driver. What's your PC setup?

paulyoung666 · 13-01-2005, 11:44

if you plug it in , it should be recognized as a removable drive , what o.s. are you using ????????

Mr_love_monkey · 13-01-2005, 11:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

if you plug it in , it should be recognized as a removable drive , what o.s. are you using ????????

Win 98 Second edition had some issues with removable mass storage drives..

if this is the case this site might help.

Anything prior to win 98 (2) won't support it.

I don't think NT 4 supports it either

Bifta · 13-01-2005, 11:54

Windows XP, 2000 and ME (possibly) should recognise it, Win98 and 95 (OSR2) will probably need drivers.

Pierre · 13-01-2005, 12:05

I'm on Win98se, I'll check out the site Love Monkey posted.

Cheers
P

**Chris** · 13-01-2005, 12:07

In the meantime, you might find that the drive is recognised by DOS. I had a win98 machine that I used with a digital camera, whose memory card would normally be recognised as a removable drive. In order to transfer files off it I had to use the command line.

It was a right pain in the anus. On reflection, you'd prolly be better off spending the time surfing the 'net for a driver!

Mr_love_monkey · 13-01-2005, 12:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pierre

I'm on Win98se, I'll check out the site Love Monkey posted.

Cheers
P

Is there anything on the pen about who it is made by? - you may end up needing the offiical drivers for the pen..

Bifta · 13-01-2005, 12:17

Apparently these drivers work with a variety of different USB mass storage devices

http://www.pendrive.com/downloads/pendriveusb2.html

13-01-2005, 13:24

if your not using USB ports at the moment and when you plug it in it doesnt work then you might have to enable your USB ports within the BIOS

Matth · 14-01-2005, 22:31

To save installing the entire unofficial service pack (better on a fresh system, than an already up to date one), here are the SDK example (USB Mass storage class drivers) from the MSFN forum, as used in that pack.

Not tried them myself...

The other approach is to allow it to install as an "unidentified device", and then run something like Aida32 / Lavalys Everest Home to find the USB ID, and then search on that - you may find other devices with the same VID/PID, as that normally refers to the chipset used and not the final brand.

goldchip · 15-01-2005, 09:20

You might also want to do something very simple: plug the pen into an XP box, have a look on the pen and you'll probably find the drivers needed for 98 - most manufacturers seem to do this. just copy them to floppy, load on ur 98 box.