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Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se
Hi,
I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive") for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems. Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly" at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a source. Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver, even if it's a Windows XP driver? Thanks in advance, Brad Before you type your password, credit card number, etc., be sure there is no active keystroke logger (spyware) in your PC. |
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Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se
(Brad) wrote:
Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly" at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a source. Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver, even if it's a Windows XP driver? IMHO, an XP driver is very unlikely to work in Win98SE. Here's the URL for generic USB mass storage driver for W98 (by LexarMedia): http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha...%20Storage.zip I haven't used this, so I have no idea whether it will actually work for your drive. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(Shell/User) http://members.cox.net/slatteryt |
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Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se
On Mar 14, 8:35 am, (Brad) wrote:
I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive") for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems. Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly" at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a source. I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or CF memory devices with Win98se. |
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Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se
I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or
CF memory devices with Win98se. I recently upgraded an old machine from FE to SE and now have 2-8GB flash drives (SanDisc & Kingston) plugged into a Belkin USB 4-port adapter connected via a single USB port on an this old IBM Thinkpad, and they run just fine. With only a 4 GB internal HDD evenly partitioned to C: & D:, this setup allowed me to get all the data stuff off D: and assign the Windows Virtual Memory Swap file to the whole 2GB. Only problem I now have is, that after awhile, the system runs out of space on D: (the swap file fills the entire 2BG), so I have to reboot to get it cleaned out. The same problem I had before with FE when the swap file was on C:, it just takes longer now for it to fill up D: Some app must have a memory leak, or maybe it's just Win98. I Googled, found and downloaded the 'Archos_USB_Drivers.zip' and the 'USB_Mass_Storage.zip' files from some site. When I plugged in the flash drives (one at a time), Win98 found New Hardware, I pointed it to these drivers, they installed and have worked fine since. Also found and used 'usbwin98.exe' for something, maybe a smaller 256kb flashdrive awhile back. |
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Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se
Thanks very much ! Lexar 4GB works now fine on old ACER TravelMate 505DX running Win 98SE http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha...%20Storage.zip -- usbfred ------------------------------------------------------------------------ usbfred's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/149246.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/troubleshoot-98/931935.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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