Usb Mass Storage Device Drivers On Windows

Usb Mass Storage Device Drivers On Windows

Only install these drivers on Windows 98SE where Mass Storage Devices are not working.

USB flash drives and other USB mass storage based devices are becoming more and more common.

Unfortunately, they often do not come with drivers because Windows Me, 2000, XP and Vista all come with generic drivers already installed.

This way all you need to do is plug the drive in, Windows will recognise it and you will automatically see the drive in My Computer.

Windows 98, especially in its second edition (also known as Windows 98SE), handles USB fairly well, however there are no genericuniversal mass storage device drivers preinstalled in the operating system, so you will need to install some additional drivers for it.

Some manufacturers do however, provide the Windows 98 drivers on CD, others have them available to download, and others simply do not have them available at all.

If you are using Windows 98, and you do not know the manufacturer of the storage device, or you cant find the drivers, what can you do Fortunately, there are some generic Windows 98 USB mass storage device drivers available that work with most such devices.

This means that these drivers will work with many makes and models of the following.

Before installing the drivers, it is important to know that there are 2 main versions of Windows 98, and they both handle USB differently.

You must install the appropriate version of the drivers dependent upon your version of Windows 98.

In order to determine your Windows version, please do the following.

These drivers offer generic USB mass storage support for the original release of Windows 98, sometimes called Windows 98 First Edition, or 98FE.

You should check your version of Windows 98 before installing.

Once installed USB mass storage devices should work within Windows 98.

These drivers include generic USB 2.0 controller drivers adding USB 2.0 support for computers that support it.

You should note, that these drivers are generic, and they may not work with some devices.

Installing on the wrong version of Windows may cause problems with your operating system.

There is no guarantee that they will work with your device, but our experience shows that they work with most without problem.

Please also note that these drivers are not warranted in any way, and no support is offered for them; you use at your own risk.

As a precaution, whenever making changes to your operating system, we recommend you do a full system backup.

If you do experience any problems, you can always try asking in our forum.

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