Re: usb drive question

I am not absolutely certain that there is ANY difference in the OS to support USB 2 vs. USB 1; I think it may just be a matter of the drivers for the USB port (be it on the motherboard or on a PCI card). Originally it was said that Windows 98 would only support USB 1, but then some PCI add-in cards came with drivers for USB 2 under Windows 98 (in fact even a motherboard or two came with such drivers for onboard ports). I think that from the perspective of the OS, USB is USB, and it's the drivers for the port that determine if USB 2 is supported or not.


RnR wrote:
On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:57:00 -0400, "pemo" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hello,
i have a dell latitude cs operating win95.
i have a usb 2.0 memory stick with files i would like to put on the laptop. when i plug the memory stick into the laptop's usb port, nothing happens. the drive is not listed when opening "my computer". tried "add remove hardware" search with mem stick plugged in hoping laptop would "find" it, but no go. i searched device manager, and i see pci univeral serial bus listed but is marked with yellow exclamation. states drivers are not installed. laptop can not connect to internet presently. where/ how can i get a driver for this issue? would win95 disk have this driver?
any assistance would be appreciated, thanks in advance,
peter


I'm not 100% sure but if memory serves me right win95 was only good
for usb 1 or 1.1 not usb 2.0 so I don't think there will be a usb 2
driver for win95 but you are best to check from the memory stick mfgr
just to be sure of this. And as long as you are at the mfgr. site,
see what usb 1.1 or 2.0 drivers they do carry for win98, win2k, winXP,
etc.. in case you decide to upgrade.

I guess my next to last hope would be to use Google and do a search on
the "memory stick mfgr name usb drivers for win95" (put the actual
name where I wrote memory stick mfgr name).

Last hope would be to find another pc to put files from usb2 to a dvd
or cd (assuming you have this capability in your laptop) and use the
cd / dvd to transfer the files to your hard drive.

Sorry, no more ideas but good luck.
.

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