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re: USB Flash Drive (Nathan Lineback) driver help
Sunday, December 30, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by EricW
(2 messages posted)
Louis,
I never got the USB flash drives to work on this system. I ended up putting in a
network card and borrowing a laptop to transfer the files as Nathan suggested in
a PM. Beyond the two flash drives I tried, I used an SD card in a generic USB reader,
but that also did not work.
The detect and install route did not work for me for some reason.
I suspect that some of the specialized video hardware that I required was interfering
with the USB interrupts, but I never attempted to track that down as that hardware
is what I needed to use this system.
Sorry, but I don't know about the mouse issue.
Thanks
On Monday, December 24, 2007 at 2:03 pm, Louis wrote:
>Eric, did you ever solve the problem? The 1st time I tried using Nathan's USB hack
>my Dell 4100 wouldn't recognize a Micro Advantage 128MB USB1 flash yet it quickly
>recognized a Memorex 2GB USB2 flash. However when I tried using Nathan's software
>on all my other Win95 PC's/partitions they all recognized both flash units, now
all
>my Win95 PC's use the flash drives. It would be worth knowing if some flash drives
>are a problem so I can avoid buying them as many of the older types are on sale
now
>to make way for the new "Vista ReadyBoost" flash drives, might be a good time to
>get some deal$ on older style flash drives! Also worth noting, I have access to
a
>local college campus and find that my Micro flash will not work on the front USB
>ports of some of the PC's at the campus. I need to use the rear mounted USB ports
>instead. I see an obvious physical difference between the USB1 & USB2 drives I just
>mentioned. I assume this is the only reason I had a problem at 1st getting the Micro
>to work, perhaps it needed to be seated better on my PC, as it can't insert as deep
>as the USB2 drive does. But it will not work on the front USB ports of newer PC's.
>So if anyone finds they have a problem w/one flash, try another model.
>
>BTW, I didn't try to load the .ini's 1st, I plugged the flash in and when asked
for
>the software needed to use the new device, I pointed it to the directory w/the files,
>loaded w/o a problem. (Was the .ini install rt click part of a Win PwrToys, Tweeks
>or such group? I can't remember how to do this on the new HD I just set up for Win
>95) Recently I also tried loading a USB mouse but so far have no had success with
>the one I have, missing too many files like mouhid.vxd but I'll keep trying to get
>a USB mouse to work on Win95 if it's possible. If anyone has gotten a USB mouse
to
>work on Win95 please post the info! - FYI for those who do not know about using
a
>USB flash w/Win95 - http://toastytech.com/files/cruzerwin95.html - Louis
>
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