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Thread ID: 47001 2004-07-12 11:09:00 Floppy Disk drive Toshiba laptop tedheath (537) Press F1
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251828 2004-07-16 03:34:00 Ted, the USB memory will need a driver to work with W98. (Work straight off with ME or XP). They do work very well. Get it working, and it will be easier than floppies. If it's a Disk Smith one, you can download the driver from their web site (look for the product, use the "more..."link), otherwise Google with "name_of_thing W98 download" should get you going. Graham L (2)
251829 2004-07-16 04:04:00 Man have I tried to get it to work on w98se.
It is a Secure Digital pocket reader it is made in Nationalist China. Come with cd with drivers but it still wont work.
It has a green led which lights when you plug it in, its never lit up on 98.
Yep worked straight off in xp but its a rabbit edition which came with laptop I bought on trademe.
I will buy xp and install it after I walk through hell with a bucket of petrol

tedheath


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251830 2004-07-16 04:11:00 You might find one another one fairly cheaply... try DSE and look at the MP3 player 128 MB ones they are quitting as end of line now. I've got a 64MB one, and it works on W98 with the DSE software. You don't have to use it as an MP3 player --- it works just fine as a portable disk --- I've even made it into a Windows/Linux one. Graham L (2)
251831 2004-07-16 04:15:00 If the light aint showing up then there is no power,which would mean a dead usb port or one that aint providing the required power.

Your options are limited.....
metla (154)
251832 2004-07-16 04:18:00 Check in the BIOS Setup --- USB can be disabled.;-) Graham L (2)
251833 2004-07-16 04:25:00 Thats a good point. metla (154)
251834 2004-07-16 09:27:00 Thanks for the replies
The usb ports work ok with late model digital camera


tedheath
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251835 2004-07-16 12:46:00 The digital camera doesn't need to draw power via the usb port in order to work....... metla (154)
251836 2004-07-16 22:04:00 When the computer was first started, 98 recognized the reader.
In explorer there it is removable disk D click on it and it comes up with D not accessible.


tedheath
tedheath (537)
251837 2004-07-17 01:42:00 Try right-clicking on the removable drive, and select Format. If yiou have had it on an XP machine, it might have been formatted as NTFS, and W98 doesn't understand that. This might be unlikely, but might be possible. I don't know. ;-)

Power shouldn't be a problem. A memory device would run on a wet matchhead.
Graham L (2)
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