A Windows 98 & ME forum. Win98banter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » Win98banter forum » Windows 98 » Networking
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

Bonehead can't transfer network card driver



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old August 25th 04, 05:32 AM
Zaphod
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Bonehead can't transfer network card driver

This will likely sound pathetically boneheaded, but...
I'm setting up a new hard drive, have Windows 98/SE
installed, and am now in the process of rounding up and
installing the necessary drivers.

I'm having trouble with that WinZip nonsense - I've
downloaded (twice) from the D-Link site the driver for the
network card I've been using (with cable modem, formerly
DSL,) which is a D-Link DFE-530TX+, and of course it
downloads as a zip file.

Since I'm not using the old drive as a slave, and since
I've long since lost the D-Link driver disk, I have to get
the driver onto a floppy or CD-R, then swap in the new
drive, then attempt to get the driver installed.

When I get onto the new drive and have the device manager
search for a driver for the D-Link card, it says it can't
find it - even after I've unzipped all the files onto the
old drive, burned them onto a CD-R, and have the new
drive's device manager search that CD-R. Right away it
starts saying "such&such program ("CAT"?) is missing," etc.

A big thumbs-down for D-Link not bothering to put their
driver into a self-launching Install Wizard format, but
that doesn't change the situation.
Can anyone shed some light? I have the sneaking hunch
this is something painfully obvious and simple, but damned
if I can see it....

ZB

  #2  
Old August 25th 04, 08:11 AM
CJT
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Zaphod wrote:

This will likely sound pathetically boneheaded, but...
I'm setting up a new hard drive, have Windows 98/SE
installed, and am now in the process of rounding up and
installing the necessary drivers.

I'm having trouble with that WinZip nonsense - I've
downloaded (twice) from the D-Link site the driver for the
network card I've been using (with cable modem, formerly
DSL,) which is a D-Link DFE-530TX+, and of course it
downloads as a zip file.

Since I'm not using the old drive as a slave, and since
I've long since lost the D-Link driver disk, I have to get
the driver onto a floppy or CD-R, then swap in the new
drive, then attempt to get the driver installed.

When I get onto the new drive and have the device manager
search for a driver for the D-Link card, it says it can't
find it - even after I've unzipped all the files onto the
old drive, burned them onto a CD-R, and have the new
drive's device manager search that CD-R. Right away it
starts saying "such&such program ("CAT"?) is missing," etc.

A big thumbs-down for D-Link not bothering to put their
driver into a self-launching Install Wizard format, but
that doesn't change the situation.
Can anyone shed some light? I have the sneaking hunch
this is something painfully obvious and simple, but damned
if I can see it....

ZB


A couple of things come to mind.

First, if you do it via "Add Hardware" rather than the dialog
that comes up during boot, you can access the "Find File" item
in the Start menu, and that can be helpful in looking for files
it complains it can't find.

Second, when you add networking, some of the files it looks for
are on the W98 disk rather than coming with the driver (especially
".cat" files), so you may need to direct it towards your W98 CD.

Hope That Helps.

--
The e-mail address in our reply-to line is reversed in an attempt to
minimize spam. Our true address is of the form .
 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
98 Will not install network card Time Traveller General 1 July 21st 04 12:21 PM
Please help! Display settings !! Mitzi Monitors & Displays 12 July 11th 04 05:19 AM
Win98SE - problem with USB printer HBYardSale Software & Applications 2 June 20th 04 06:27 PM
AC97 Sound Card Shown in Device Manager but not in Multi-media Preferred devices Lago Jardin General 10 June 13th 04 04:58 PM
Wifi card blows out network Mark Adams Networking 0 June 9th 04 09:32 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:52 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Win98banter.
The comments are property of their posters.