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Windows ME has given me a lot of problems, but the latest really has me
scratching my head.
We recently got two new (actually used and old) PC's running Windows 98 SE.
I upgraded them to ME using the same installation CD. I expected them to
have identical OSes. That gave us one (really) new PC running XP, two old
ones running ME and the two I had upgraded.
Then I got a USB flash drive to use to move files around until we install an
Ethernet. I plugged it into the XP-running PC. It recognized it immediately
on the screen, in Windows Explorer and My Computer and with the "Safely
Remove Hardware" icon in the System Notification area. The two ME-running
PC's that we already had before we got the last two also recognized the
drive, though I had
to go through "Add Hardware" with one of them. Each showed the drive in
Explorer and My Computer and with the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the
system tray.
That left the two recent arrivals. The first one recognized the device and
showed it as with the other three. All four of these installations worked as
expected. So far so good. I tried the second one. It didn't recognize the
drive. I started Add New Hardware. The Add new Hardware Wizard found the
device as "USB Disk." (To the left of the text was an exclamation point in a
yellow circle. I suspect that exclaimation point means something but I have
no idea what.) I proceeded.
The "Update Device Driver Wizard" said: This device is already installed.
To view properties for the device, and to see the problem and proposed
solution, click Finish. I did so and got to the window for USB Disk
Properties - General tab. I selected the Driver File Details tab and got
this:
USB Disk
Driver files
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS\USBMPHLP.PDR
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32VXD(IOS.VXD)
(The second one looks like the driver to me.)
Provider Microsoft
File version 4.90.3000
Copyright Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1980-2000
I inserted the ME installation CD and tried to install it again with the
same results. I even downloaded a driver for Win 98 SE, copied it to a
floppy and tried for the third time with the same results.
This leaves my sneaker net incomplete, which is unfortunate. The four old
PC's have floppy drives and CD readers but not burners. The new PC has a CD
burner but no floppy drive. The flash drive is one thing they have in
common, except for the fifth PC. I need to transfer a file from this
computer to the new one (and the others). This file is too large for a
floppy.
I know I should install an Ethernet and I will once I get the approval. I
still will need my sneakernet as a backup. Meanwhile I am stuck.
Is there anything I can do?
Windows ME has given me a lot of problems, but the latest really has me
scratching my head.
We recently got two new (actually used and old) PC's running Windows 98 SE.
I upgraded them to ME using the same installation CD. I expected them to
have identical OSes. That gave us one (really) new PC running XP, two old
ones running ME and the two I had upgraded.
Then I got a USB flash drive to use to move files around until we install an
Ethernet. I plugged it into the XP-running PC. It recognized it immediately
on the screen, in Windows Explorer and My Computer and with the "Safely
Remove Hardware" icon in the System Notification area. The two ME-running
PC's that we already had before we got the last two also recognized the
drive, though I had
to go through "Add Hardware" with one of them. Each showed the drive in
Explorer and My Computer and with the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the
system tray.
That left the two recent arrivals. The first one recognized the device and
showed it as with the other three. All four of these installations worked as
expected. So far so good. I tried the second one. It didn't recognize the
drive. I started Add New Hardware. The Add new Hardware Wizard found the
device as "USB Disk." (To the left of the text was an exclamation point in a
yellow circle. I suspect that exclaimation point means something but I have
no idea what.) I proceeded.
The "Update Device Driver Wizard" said: This device is already installed.
To view properties for the device, and to see the problem and proposed
solution, click Finish. I did so and got to the window for USB Disk
Properties - General tab. I selected the Driver File Details tab and got
this:
USB Disk
Driver files
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS\USBMPHLP.PDR
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32VXD(IOS.VXD)
(The second one looks like the driver to me.)
Provider Microsoft
File version 4.90.3000
Copyright Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. 1980-2000
I inserted the ME installation CD and tried to install it again with the
same results. I even downloaded a driver for Win 98 SE, copied it to a
floppy and tried for the third time with the same results.
This leaves my sneaker net incomplete, which is unfortunate. The four old
PC's have floppy drives and CD readers but not burners. The new PC has a CD
burner but no floppy drive. The flash drive is one thing they have in
common, except for the fifth PC. I need to transfer a file from this
computer to the new one (and the others). This file is too large for a
floppy.
I know I should install an Ethernet and I will once I get the approval. I
still will need my sneakernet as a backup. Meanwhile I am stuck.
Is there anything I can do?