data bar

Discussion in 'Software' started by johnwilly, Nov 14, 2012.

  1. johnwilly

    johnwilly Private E-2

    on our win 98 we have notice that our usb freecom data bar has drivers installed under mass storage device
    the drive does not show in windows explorer i think it should be f:
    :confused
     
    johnwilly, Nov 14, 2012
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  2. pwillener

    pwillener MajorGeek

    pwillener, Nov 14, 2012
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  3. johnwilly

    johnwilly Private E-2

    i think we need files such as actdisk??? and ntkern???
    thank you
     
    johnwilly, Nov 16, 2012
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  4. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Win 98 can't read drives formatted as NTFS. It's FAT and FAT32 only. How is your data bar formatted? (right click > Properties)
     
    Earthling, Nov 16, 2012
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  5. brownizs

    brownizs MajorGeek

    98se was the start of having USB capabilities. Also who still uses 98 these days.
     
    brownizs, Nov 16, 2012
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  6. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    98SE was also NOT plug and play for USB devices. You needed a specific driver for each device. I had an external enclosure with a CD burner in it. I had a devil of a time trying to find a driver for it.
    Since the Freecom USB data bars range in size from 2GB to 64GB, it is a newer USB device. Earlier and hence supported USB sticks started at something like 32MB!
    I strongly suspect that there is not a 98SE specific driver for this hardware.

    There was a universal USB driver for 98SE which I was using but since support for 98SE in July 2006, I'm not sure it is still available. Let me do some searching.

    As a last resort, you could install the universal driver and see if the stick is recognized.
    If that doesn't work, you will have to use the stick on XP and above where it will be immediately recognized.
     
    plodr, Nov 17, 2012
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  7. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    plodr, Nov 17, 2012
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