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Win 98 problem
Arcadiac:
Hi y'all...I bought a fujitsu life book really cheap. b2545 series with touchscreen hoping to load a few games on it, bejeweled etc. Win 98 is recognising some of the devices I'm trying to use to load programs, but Win98 doesn't have the drivers for the devices. I'm tryin to use an old HP cdwriter+ external model no. 8220e but no luck. I've tried several brands of usb stick to load the HP drivers, no luck it wants drivers for them too! Also tried external floppy, same result.
I've gone in and checked all the BIOS settings to be sure USB and floppy are supported and on and they are.
I'm pretty tenacious when trying to solve these problems but I'm stumped!
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
ARCADIAC!
protokatie:
Go to device manager and click on the devices that have no proper driver. In the properties tab there should be a list of ID numbers. Copy/paste the numbers into google.
Been a LONG time since I dealt with Win98, so I do not know exacly how to get to that data, but I imagine going to control panel + system and then devices will get you there. I have had to deal with a similar issue with TinyXP to get GFX drivers.
Hope this helps you find what you need.
EDIT: I reread what you said, and do not know if you can get internet access to your compy. If that is the case, I would recommend trying to boot off of a Knoppix or Ubuntu live disk and see if you can tranfeer files that way (assuming the external CD drive is allowed for BIOS booting)
Nipedley:
As above its been years since I seriously used windows 98, but if it has windows sharing capability... why not stick a network cable in between it and your main pc and transfer some stuff that way.
If it's got no internal floppy, cd, usb or ethernet then I have to say that sounds like a pretty isolated laptop..
XP a nogo?
ChadTower:
Which version of 98? Did you get sp2? sp2 is unofficial but includes all of the updates that used to be on Windows Update for 98. That makes a huuuuuuuuuge difference. You should also make sure to get the 98se USB drivers. That might take care of almost all of your issues.
Ken Layton:
I did some googling for win 98 sp2 last year for my old laptop. Boy did that make a big difference for me. Yes, sp2 is "unofficial" and from unofficial sources, but try to get any win 98 support from old billy boy today.
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