Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

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Hi,

I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive")
for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems.

Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a
Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a
chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I
can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"
at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a
source.

Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver,
even if it's a Windows XP driver?

Thanks in advance, Brad

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Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

bpetria@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:


> Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a
>Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a
>chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I
>can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"
>at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a
>source.

> Do you know a technique, or a source where I can download the driver,
>even if it's a Windows XP driver?

IMHO, an XP driver is very unlikely to work in Win98SE. Here's the URL
for generic USB mass storage driver for W98 (by LexarMedia):
http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~heha/hs_freeware/USB Mass Storage.zip

I haven't used this, so I have no idea whether it will actually work
for your drive.

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Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

On Mar 14, 8:35 am, bpet...@verizon.net (Brad) wrote:
>
> I have been using a 1GB Lexar "Jump Drive" USB flash drive ("thumb drive")
> for a couple years on my Windows 98se computer without any problems.
>
> Recently, I decided to buy another Lexar !GB, but nobody sells a
> Windows 98 version anymore. I don't want a used one so I took a
> chance on a Lexar "FireFly" 1GB (WinXP/Vista/Mac) and I hope that somehow, I
> can get it to "work" on my Win98 computer. There are no drivers for "FireFly"
> at Lexar's web site. I searched the web for about 1/2 hr, and I didn't find a
> source.


I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or
CF memory devices with Win98se.
 
Re: Lexar "FireFly" USB Flash Drive for Windows 98se

> I am interested in any success stories related to using larger USB or
> CF memory devices with Win98se.

I recently upgraded an old machine from FE to SE and now have 2-8GB
flash drives (SanDisc & Kingston) plugged into a Belkin USB 4-port
adapter connected via a single USB port on an this old IBM Thinkpad,
and they run just fine. With only a 4 GB internal HDD evenly
partitioned to C: & D:, this setup allowed me to get all the data
stuff off D: and assign the Windows Virtual Memory Swap file to the
whole 2GB.

Only problem I now have is, that after awhile, the system runs out of
space on D: (the swap file fills the entire 2BG), so I have to reboot
to get it cleaned out. The same problem I had before with FE when the
swap file was on C:, it just takes longer now for it to fill up D:
Some app must have a memory leak, or maybe it's just Win98.

I Googled, found and downloaded the 'Archos_USB_Drivers.zip' and the
'USB_Mass_Storage.zip' files from some site. When I plugged in the
flash drives (one at a time), Win98 found New Hardware, I pointed it
to these drivers, they installed and have worked fine since.

Also found and used 'usbwin98.exe' for something, maybe a smaller
256kb flashdrive awhile back.
 
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