Maximum size USB flash drive

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I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?
 
You must install a driver for each flash drive, either from the drive's manufacturer
or a third-party generic driver. The issue is not whether Win98 can recognise a 2GB
flash drive, but whether you have a working driver installed for that drive.
Additionally, Win98/98SE cannot use the U3 features of a U3 drive, and can only
access it as a standard flash drive.

Have you installed the SanDisk Win98 driver for that particular flash drive model?
Do they have a driver for that drive that supports Win98 FE?
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"PSRumbagh" <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
> ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
> MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
> is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
> a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?
 
=?Utf-8?B?UFNSdW1iYWdo?= <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> writes:

>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
>ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
>MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
>is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
>a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?

I have the same SanDisk 2GB drive working on Win98SE, using the
JDUSBMS driver. This has worked with every USB flash drive I've tried it
with (I haven't tried a larger one than 2 GB). The driver set can be
found on the Web at:

http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/51167d1109662659/jdusb2.zip

(I notice that the .INF file in that archive is different from the
one I have--if you try it and fail, I'll e-mail you mine on request. I
don't know whether it works under Win98FE, in any case.)
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--Donald Davis

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On 26 Dec 2007 00:13:33 GMT, in microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,
Donald G. Davis <dgdavis@blackhole.nyx.net> wrote:

>=?Utf-8?B?UFNSdW1iYWdo?= <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> writes:
>
>>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
>>ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
>>MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
>>is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
>>a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?
>
> I have the same SanDisk 2GB drive working on Win98SE, using the
>JDUSBMS driver. This has worked with every USB flash drive I've tried it
>with (I haven't tried a larger one than 2 GB). The driver set can be
>found on the Web at:
>
>http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/51167d1109662659/jdusb2.zip
>
> (I notice that the .INF file in that archive is different from the
>one I have--if you try it and fail, I'll e-mail you mine on request. I
>don't know whether it works under Win98FE, in any case.)

The techguy one is 3 years old.
Here is a link to the current one (with a later .INF file)
http://www.lexar.com/drivers/files/jdusb2.zip
This is from the page:
Lexar - Downloads, Software and Drivers:
http://www.lexar.com/drivers/index.html

....Alan
--
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"Donald G. Davis" <dgdavis@blackhole.nyx.net> wrote in message
news:1198628013.272650@irys.nyx.net...
> =?Utf-8?B?UFNSdW1iYWdo?= <PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> writes:
>
>>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
>>ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
>>MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
>>is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
>>a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?
>
> I have the same SanDisk 2GB drive working on Win98SE, using the
> JDUSBMS driver. This has worked with every USB flash drive I've tried it
> with (I haven't tried a larger one than 2 GB). The driver set can be
> found on the Web at:
>
> http://forums.techguy.org/attachments/51167d1109662659/jdusb2.zip
>
> (I notice that the .INF file in that archive is different from the
> one I have--if you try it and fail, I'll e-mail you mine on request. I
> don't know whether it works under Win98FE, in any case.)

The "generic" drivers I have had good luck with are these:
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

I have used their Win98SE drivers with great success. I have not tried their
Win98FE driver.

This is their Win98FE driver page:
http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/win98fe-usb-mass-storage-drivers.php
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.net/
http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm
 
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:58:01 -0800, PSRumbagh
<PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
>ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
>MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
>is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
>a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?

I have an ATTACHE 1g and a 2g flash drive. They both work fine, even
both at the same time. You probably need a driver. Go to the
SanDisk website and get the driver.
 
jimtester@nomail.com wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:58:01 -0800, PSRumbagh
><PSRumbagh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I am using a HP Pavilion 6465 desktop (circa 1999) with a pair of USB 1.0
>>ports that is running on Windows 98 First Edition. The OS recognizes a 512
>>MB USB flash drive but not a 2GB flash drive (SanDisk Cruzer/U3 2GB). What
>>is the maximum size that the Win 98 generic driver will recognize? Is there
>>a driver available that will accomodate a 2 GB flash drive?

Win98 does not include mass storage drivers that automatically
recognize all USB memory sticks and disks, like XP and Vista do. You
have to load a driver for each device.

You'll need to look on SanDisk's site for an appropriate driver. Start
here: http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/DriverDownloads.aspx

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(Shell/User)
Slattery_T@bls.gov
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