flash drive

"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
...
At some other time that might be viable to offer drivers for USB/Flash
devices, however, since that happens to be one of the primary attack
methods
being used within the last two or three weeks [not coming from direct
web
based attacks] I doubt you would find any "takers" right now.

References:
US Army has banned USB, Flash, external drives, CDROMS, and other
devices
due to worm.
Malware was giving away on USB devices at recent Electronics Fair...
{do the searches, try to keep up}

How quickly people forget :-)
"Any storage device which is attached to a computer should be checked for
virus and other malware before use. Floppy disks, CD ROMs, USB keys,
external hard drives and other devices are all capable of carrying
malicious code which could infect the computers of innocent users."

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , hussain
writes
If anyone is using a flash drive through USB and the device doesnt work
than
you probably need a driver. I had the same problem and found a driver. I
would help you out by sending you the driver if you need it.

And different devices need different drivers - even different flash/pen
drives. In addition, IME, it's a matter of pot luck whether they'll work
OK under '98, even if the driver/drive is claimed to be OK for '98.
(When it hasn't, the driver has usually appeared to load OK, but the
drive still wouldn't work.)

There is a universal USB driver around for '98 (well, universal for pen
drives and cameras). I'm not sure if there are more than one (there are
certainly various editions of one of them), because:

I tried it on this computer, _without_ removing the drivers for the
drives I already had. It screwed things up rather - I can't remember
how, but it took me a while before I got things back working (I might
have just restored with ERD).

I think the older version of that Generic USB driver (nusb23 or 24) didn't
have that problem, but my memory may be off.

I have set up two systems using soporific's "Windows 98 - tenth
anniversary edition", which includes a universal USB driver, and that
aspect has worked fine.
--
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MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf **
http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated
thoughts on PCs. **
Are you sure your circuits are functioning correctly? Your ears are green!

"Sunny" wrote in message
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|
| "MEB" meb@not wrote in message
| ...
| At some other time that might be viable to offer drivers for USB/Flash
| devices, however, since that happens to be one of the primary attack
| methods
| being used within the last two or three weeks [not coming from direct
| web
| based attacks] I doubt you would find any "takers" right now.
|
| References:
| US Army has banned USB, Flash, external drives, CDROMS, and other
| devices
| due to worm.
| Malware was giving away on USB devices at recent Electronics Fair...
| {do the searches, try to keep up}
|
| How quickly people forget :-)
| "Any storage device which is attached to a computer should be checked for
| virus and other malware before use. Floppy disks, CD ROMs, USB keys,
| external hard drives and other devices are all capable of carrying
| malicious code which could infect the computers of innocent users."
|

I don't know how they forget, but they do... I suppose its all these video,
chat, and P2P sites around. All this *social engineering* seems to ignore
some of mankind's darker side. Then again it could be due to the *highly
touted* secure OSs [cough] and *security* applications which really don't
perform as they should or as claimed; and, of course, all the pressure to
implement Web2.0 doesn't help much.

Hmm, read recently somewhere that recently some Lenovo notebooks came
*pre-installed* with viruses or trojans... How many times have we been
through THAT style of activity before... seems like quite a few.

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.org
a Peoples' counsel

Windows diagnostics/Security/Networking:
http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm
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~~

"Sunny" wrote in message
...

"MEB" meb@not wrote in message
...
At some other time that might be viable to offer drivers for USB/Flash
devices, however, since that happens to be one of the primary attack
methods
being used within the last two or three weeks [not coming from direct web
based attacks] I doubt you would find any "takers" right now.

References:
US Army has banned USB, Flash, external drives, CDROMS, and other devices
due to worm.
Malware was giving away on USB devices at recent Electronics Fair...
{do the searches, try to keep up}

How quickly people forget :-)
"Any storage device which is attached to a computer should be checked for
virus and other malware before use. Floppy disks, CD ROMs, USB keys,
external hard drives and other devices are all capable of carrying
malicious code which could infect the computers of innocent users."

Yes, even brand new 'out-of-the-box' supposedly unused, clean hardware.

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/sup...rage/ps3200-sw

"jen parker" wrote:

i brought a flash drive for school and its only compatible with windows xp.
the only thing is i purchased a computer and it only runs windows 98. is
there anything i can do to be able to continue using my flash drive??

If you USB thumb drive less than 128mb, should no problems at all, if any
more than 128mb you need to install driver

In message ,
jamesron writes


"jen parker" wrote:

i brought a flash drive for school and its only compatible with windows xp.
the only thing is i purchased a computer and it only runs windows 98. is
there anything i can do to be able to continue using my flash drive??

If you USB thumb drive less than 128mb, should no problems at all, if any
more than 128mb you need to install driver

First I've heard of this: any other folk come across it (the
universal-with-98-below-128M bit I mean, not the need for drivers above
that)?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL(+++)IS-P--Ch+(p)Ar+T[?]H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
** http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/G6JPG-PC/JPGminPC.htm for ludicrously
outdated thoughts on PCs. **

I haven't lost my mind; I have a tape back-up somewhere.

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message ,
jamesron writes


"jen parker" wrote:

i brought a flash drive for school and its only compatible with windows
xp.
the only thing is i purchased a computer and it only runs windows 98. is
there anything i can do to be able to continue using my flash drive??

If you USB thumb drive less than 128mb, should no problems at all, if any
more than 128mb you need to install driver

First I've heard of this: any other folk come across it (the
universal-with-98-below-128M bit I mean, not the need for drivers above
that)?

Same here. And I think it's wrong. The solution for him is to 1) copy
the stuff off of the Flash Drive to a HD, 2) get a new flash drive that is
compatible with Win98 (has the drivers, and you have to look for these,
they're getting harder to find), and 3) transfer the saved HD contents it
over to the new Flash drive. Not a big deal.

One such drive was one of the Sony Microvault series (check the specs).
First thing I did when I got it was to erase or reformat it to get rid of
the junk they put on it, so it is JUST a basic Flash drive (without all that
other stuff they put on it).

jamesron wrote:

"jen parker" wrote:

i brought a flash drive for school and its only compatible with windows xp.
the only thing is i purchased a computer and it only runs windows 98. is
there anything i can do to be able to continue using my flash drive??

If you USB thumb drive less than 128mb, should no problems at all, if any
more than 128mb you need to install driver

jamesron:

I've used the nusb33e driver w/Win98se with a 1 Gig Memorex
Travelrdive with no problems. Also works with a 1 Gig Creative "Zen
Stone" Mp3 Player.

YMMV

John

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