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I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a
driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive |
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"Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive Sure it's possible but I would not update any drivers unless the update addresses a specific problem or offers some type of feature you need but do not have. In other words, don't update a driver simply because an update is available |
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"Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive Sure it's possible but I would not update any drivers unless the update addresses a specific problem or offers some type of feature you need but do not have. In other words, don't update a driver simply because an update is available |
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In message , philo
writes: "Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive Sure it's possible but I would not update any drivers unless the update addresses a specific problem or offers some type of feature you need but do not have. In other words, don't update a driver simply because an update is available What he said. But yes, certainly via a data CD: the CD data format is independent of version of Windows (in fact independent of Windows, it's a - ISO I think - standard, named after a book colour - "Blue Book" I think). Using flash drives on '98 is fine once you've got the driver - _is_ that what you were after? Finding a flash drive for which a '9x driver is available is hard; there are some universal drivers out there, see the back history of this 'group. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. |
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In message , philo
writes: "Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive Sure it's possible but I would not update any drivers unless the update addresses a specific problem or offers some type of feature you need but do not have. In other words, don't update a driver simply because an update is available What he said. But yes, certainly via a data CD: the CD data format is independent of version of Windows (in fact independent of Windows, it's a - ISO I think - standard, named after a book colour - "Blue Book" I think). Using flash drives on '98 is fine once you've got the driver - _is_ that what you were after? Finding a flash drive for which a '9x driver is available is hard; there are some universal drivers out there, see the back history of this 'group. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf ** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously outdated thoughts on PCs. ** ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. |
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It is certainly possible to do the download to a Vista machine and transfer
the file to the W98 machine as you have described, provided you have some common media available, such as a floppy or CD. If you want to use a memory card to transfer between the Vista machine and the W98 machine, a CF card is probably the most reliable option. If the W98 machine has a PCMCIA slot, then a CF card in an adapter should work without additional drivers. For the Vista machine, most multi-format card readers support CF. A different option is to use a network connection of some type, or even a serial or parallel port connection such as InterSvr/InterLnk or LapLink. I have seen a comment that a USB Mass Storage Device Driver is available here, but I have not used it: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/ -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive |
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It is certainly possible to do the download to a Vista machine and transfer
the file to the W98 machine as you have described, provided you have some common media available, such as a floppy or CD. If you want to use a memory card to transfer between the Vista machine and the W98 machine, a CF card is probably the most reliable option. If the W98 machine has a PCMCIA slot, then a CF card in an adapter should work without additional drivers. For the Vista machine, most multi-format card readers support CF. A different option is to use a network connection of some type, or even a serial or parallel port connection such as InterSvr/InterLnk or LapLink. I have seen a comment that a USB Mass Storage Device Driver is available here, but I have not used it: http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/ -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "Justin" wrote in message ... I was just wondering do you know if it is posibal if a vista can download a driver update for a 98 then burn that to a disk and install it to my 98(My 98 does not have internet) or is there any place to buy a driver update to use a flash drive on a 98 or anything that will allow me to use a flash drive |
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