re: FYI, flash drives for Win95-XP
Friday, April 3, 2009 at 8:03 am
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by jack hall
(288 messages posted)
PNY has excellent flash drives. They're combatable in 2.0, 1.1 and 1.0. As well the
drivers are available thru their website.
On Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at 7:31 pm, Louis wrote:
>For the 5 or 6 of us left in the U.S. who still use Win95, here's some info on flash
>drives. Been using the drives on Win95 since Nathan Lineback made his Win95 flash
>driver available 2 yrs ago. But some drives seem to work better than others so I
>thought I'd post my findings here w/a heads up for finding the ones that work (for
>me). Micro Advantage 128MB QuickiDrive has been a workhorse, probably 6 yrs old.
>Can't hold much info and it's USB 1 but thanks to Nathan it works everytime. Not
>available anymore. The older style (made 2+ yrs ago) Memorex travel drive 2 & 4GB
>(gray body w/a clear removable plastic cap) work on all my PC's 95-XP w/o a hitch.
>The newer 2007 versions which have a black plastic cover that the (color coded)
drive
>flips opens out of (like a penknife blade opens outward) also work just fine but
>I deleted the enclosed software, no purpose for it. I personally do not care for
>the flip open design. Nothing but grief from the SanDisk Cruzer model that retracts
>via thumb slide action. Major headache with blue screen crashes on Win95, occasional
>problems on 2K and XP. For some reason the SanDisk cruzer does work on my laptop's
>Win98SE?!? I have found plenty of the older style Memorex drives on eBay in the
1,
>2 & 4GB models, prices vary. I've ordered a couple and they work just fine on all
>Win OS's I mentioned previously. Just make sure you carefully read the ad, some
are
>sold as multiple lots, some are asking ridiculous prices or tacking on steep shipping
>costs and keep clear of Amazon for these units, insane asking prices. Haven't tried
>the PNY or Kingston drives. - Louis
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