How to use USB on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive

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Erik - 17 Jul 2006 09:57 GMT

How do I use a USB device on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive? Says cannot find
driver, insert CD...
Thanks.

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philo - 17 Jul 2006 10:06 GMT

> How do I use a USB device on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive? Says cannot find
> driver, insert CD...
> Thanks.

if the laptop has an internet connection...
download the drivers from the mfg's website

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Ron Badour - 17 Jul 2006 17:22 GMT

Do a search on: win98_21.cab and if found, note its location on the
hard drive. Then when the CD is requested, browse to that location.

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> How do I use a USB device on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive? Says cannot
> find driver, insert CD...
> Thanks.

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Erik - 24 Jul 2006 11:00 GMT

Unfortunately, browsing to the folder with the file did not work. Is said
"not found" or similar.
Still looking for a solution.

Thanks.

> Do a search on: win98_21.cab and if found, note its location on
> the hard drive. Then when the CD is requested, browse to that location.
>
>> How do I use a USB device on a Win 98 Laptop w/o CD drive? Says cannot
>> find driver, insert CD...
>> Thanks.

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Ron Badour - 24 Jul 2006 12:40 GMT

If you have the .cab files on your hard drive, then it should have all the
files that the CD has.

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Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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> Unfortunately, browsing to the folder with the file did not work. Is said
> "not found" or similar.
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>>> find driver, insert CD...
>>> Thanks.

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