A friend of mine has an older computer (she's running Windows ME) and her USB drive quit working. I think she needs to update the driver, but her Computer doesn't have internet access. Can I download the software and burn it on to a disk to give to her? If so, does anyone have the URL where I can download it from?
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Yes, you can burn the software needed on a CD and give it to her. The software itself can be downloaded from the maker of the USB drive maker.
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It should be USB so if you are using Windows XP it will automatically install the correct drivers. If you have any other O/S you will need to use the driver CD that came with the drive.
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It says this even when you have an install disk?  XP is pretty good with installing new hardware, and mice are usually offered a universal driver if XP can't find your particular model.  If other USB devices work, you might have a bum motherboard, USB controllor, or some strange corruption on XP.  I'm all for the returning idea if the retailer or manufacturer can't fix it.
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Go to the mfr's website (of your laptop) and look under support for downloads.  Most major vendors have the drivers available for download.  You may even find that there are newer drivers available.
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you will have to download drivers.  Jump drives were not around in the days of 98 (at least not yet retail).  Therefore, there were no drivers included with the operating system as there are now.  Visiting the links in the above answers should take you directly to the website for download.  Good luck.
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I think this website can help you: http://driverguide.com/ You need to be registered before you can download there. But still, it's FREE! Trust me.
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First of al U need to check which OS U r using.....\nIf it;s XP then U need no drivers for using the drive:but if it;'s 98 then u need to instal the driver software first.\nNow u can plug in the drive, into the USB slot of U;r PC.\nnow in the system tray it will show the device if U;r PC has detected it.\nnow when U open My Computer, U'll see the icon;double click on it and transfer files into it.\nU cannot transfer program from one PC to another unless U have the setup file for tht program(ie an exe file).\nIf U have the setup file then transfer tht to U'r USB drive as said earlier; then U can plugin to the new PC and install tht program in it.\nTht's it.
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You cant do it that way.  You need to install XP on that computer.  There are drivers that will not match up.  There is no real way around it.\n\nI am sorry, I misread you question.  Are you trying to install an upgrade version of Xp or a Full version?  When you said it failed, what is failing?  Are you getting any errors?  Does your computer meet the minimum requirements?
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what os you have, ok you have xp and this baby is external you should be all set, if you have older os you need the human interface driver aka usb. if it's internal there should be a cd that comes with it. \n\nf.g Benq = Q flash
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Try the manufacturer of the cd-rw drive, most USB devices when first plugged in are just a "USB device".\n\nWhen the Hardware Wizard pops up when you plug in the device, that means your USB host driver is fine.\n\nThe info that identifies the USB device seeks the installation of the CD-RW software and driver.\n\nIf there is a readme.txt with the software that came with the drive, I would read it.  Maybe it would help with a step-by-step installation instructions.
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Go to the device manager by right clicking My Computer and select "Manage", then on the pane on the left in the list find and click on "Device Manager", then in the window on the right look for DVD/CD Drives or somethin like that and click the "+" sign to expand.\n\n  If there is a question mark next to the device (the drive your having trouble with) then that means something is wrong, in any case I would sugest downloading and installing new drivers. You can search for the latest driver for your device on the manufacturers web site of your device, download the right driver and save to the C drive or desktop (just to make it simple), double click your device in the device manager window, then click the "Drivers" tab, then click the "Update Drivers" button, select the "No, not this time" radio button and click "Next". then select the "Install from a list or spacific location(Advanced)"  radio button and click next, then go to where you saved the driver you doenloaded from the manufacturers web site and double click the driver (make sure it unzipped if it came in a .ZIP file), and hopefully that will help.\n\n If that didnt work then it may not be plugged in securley or the Drive is bad and will need to be returned to the store you bought it from. GOOD LUCK!
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First of all, try a restart then see if it works.\n\nYour USB drive may be a USB 2.0 and your laptop may be a USB 1.1, or vice versa. They CLAIM they are compatible, but this is not always the case. If you had them working with each other before now, then it should be fixable unless something has been physically damamged.\n\nYou could try reinstalling the USB drivers, you should have them on your system CD that came with your computer. If not, then try: Start -> Control panel - > System -> Hardware -> Device Manager. Locate your USB Serial Bus Controllers, right click and choose 'update driver'. This may or may not help. If you have no USB Serial Bus Controller showing, then you need to install it - check your system CD that came with your laptop - the USB drivers should be on there.\n\nIf you are on Windows 98, you will need to install a driver for the USB drive to work - the driver should have come with the USB drive.\n\nFailing that, perhaps get access to another computer and e-mail the info to yourself or burn it to CD?\n\nGood luck.
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You can run this of CD, USB, and even in RAM\nhttp://www.damnsmalllinux.org/\n\nTo intall to USB drive:\nFirst, boot up your computer from the DSL livecd, frugal, or USB-frugal. Note that it is not possible to do a USB install, or any other kind of install from a DSL Embedded system. \n\nIn the Fluxbox menu, go Apps >> Tools >> Install to USB Pendrive and choose either USB-ZIP emulation or USB-HDD emulation, depending on what is supported by your computer's bios.
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The Windows install disk doesn't install the drivers for the sm bus controller. For all of you that are searching for this you did NOT install your chipset drivers yet! To get any kind of decent performance out of windows you will want to be running fairly up to date drivers of everything in your computer starting with your chipset and video card
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You did the software... hm... how about the driver itself?  My Computer, right-click, hardware, device manager.  Look around for that plotter... it should be there.  Double-click and take a look at the properties.  The first panel will tell you right away if it's 'working' or not, but that doesn't mean it's actually working.  However, if there really is a problem it'll let you know.  Either way, you can also choose the driver tab and choose to update the drive.  If you have the original driver, or an updated driver, try installing it.\n\nAnd if that doesn't fix it, then you might have a bad plotter.
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you need the drivers you shouls have gotten a disc with either the motherboard or the pc  that has drivers if not then you need to go to the manufacturers website and download them
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Have you tried just using it?  If you're using Windows XP, there's a pretty good chance that you don't need to install a driver at all.