I need to install a USB Drive on my Windows 98 SE machine so I can back up my files onto it. I have no other backup at the moment.
I have bought two devices, neither of which I can get to work, but let's just start with this one:
SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive 2.0 GB
The SanDisk site says Win 98 SE is not supported; however, they do list a Cruzer Family 98SE Driver which I downloaded and installed today, but the device still doesn't work. When I go to Device Manager I see a yellow exclamation point over the Cruzer Mini/Micro USB Flash Drive. When I click Properties the error message is Code 10: "This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed." Question one: Is there a way to determine which of these three possibilities is the actual problem?
When I click "Update Driver", then Search for a better driver, then location c:, it says the best driver Windows found is already installed for this device. It says the location of the driver is: c:\WINDOWS\INF\USBSTOR.INF. Question two: Is this really a USB flash drive driver? Why is it picking this driver? Is there a way to get it to pick the correct driver? There are two BIN files there with today's date in the INF folder: DRVDATA.BIN and DRVIDX.BIN .
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or should I just order a Windows 98SE compatible device online? I was hoping to back up my files sooner rather than later as I risk losing 9 years' worth of data on this PC.
I have bought two devices, neither of which I can get to work, but let's just start with this one:
SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB Flash Drive 2.0 GB
The SanDisk site says Win 98 SE is not supported; however, they do list a Cruzer Family 98SE Driver which I downloaded and installed today, but the device still doesn't work. When I go to Device Manager I see a yellow exclamation point over the Cruzer Mini/Micro USB Flash Drive. When I click Properties the error message is Code 10: "This device is either not present, not working properly, or does not have all the drivers installed." Question one: Is there a way to determine which of these three possibilities is the actual problem?
When I click "Update Driver", then Search for a better driver, then location c:, it says the best driver Windows found is already installed for this device. It says the location of the driver is: c:\WINDOWS\INF\USBSTOR.INF. Question two: Is this really a USB flash drive driver? Why is it picking this driver? Is there a way to get it to pick the correct driver? There are two BIN files there with today's date in the INF folder: DRVDATA.BIN and DRVIDX.BIN .
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Or should I just order a Windows 98SE compatible device online? I was hoping to back up my files sooner rather than later as I risk losing 9 years' worth of data on this PC.