Windows 98 SE and USB

Khannie

So yesterday I was trying to get my PSP to work with windows 98 SE. I installed USB drivers. The PSP was recognised. It's there in the "eject hardware safely" bit. But it's not showing up as a drive in explorer (any other version of windows, you just plug it in and it's available as a drive letter).

What gives?

seamus

Windows 98 SE doesn't support the standard for external storage in the same way that 2k/XP/Vista do.

That is, usually when you plug in most kinds of external storage, it complies with a particular standard for removable/portable storage. Windows then loads the standard drivers for it and away it goes.

Windows 98 though isn't aware of this standard. So in addition to loading the USB drivers (which allows Win98 to recognise a "USB Device"), you also need the drivers which allow Windows to use the PSP as external storage.

Khannie

Righto....I went googling. Can't find too much on the issue, but the site I used was this one. It doesn't mention needing anything beyond what's on the page.

I'm open to any suggestion at this point.

seamus

Did you try the above exe's? I'm always wary of downloading random exe's though.

There is also a possibility that the PSP doesn't use the Mass Storage standard, but if you've plugged it into various machines without issue, then that's unlikely.

Official recommendation is to install an OS that's not 10 years old

Khannie

Haha. I actually want to shift data off the box onto a vista machine. There's no cd burner in it and I don't want to pull the hard drive (hassle).

I did try the exe in the link below alright. That's what got it recognised and got the "eject hardware safely" thing going on. Just no drive in windows explorer.

I've used the PSP on win2k, XP and linux without any trouble. In 2k and XP it just showed up as a drive. Pretty standard stuff.

Khannie

Sorted. Installed some ipod drivers and it worked a treat.