Way Way O/T USB 2.0 Port

I am running Windows Me (worst operating system ever)with USB 1.1 port

High speed USB 2.0 controller is not present or available with Windows Me.

All the drives available require a USB 2.0 port and at the same time they all say Windows Me is acceptable.

Anyone got a clue?

Thanks,

Rex

I understand that it should work on a 1.0 USB port but not sure since they require it. I have emailed the manufacturer and inquired about this but have'nt received a reply yet.

One reason I stated Windows Me is the worst ever is because I have had two 80 gig hard drives to crash on this computer, does not have USBSTOR.SYS, will not support my HP scanner with ADF, and other issues over the past 4 years.

The only reason I don't upgrade is because most of my software would require upgrading also and that ain't an option right now.

I guess I will wait and see what the manufacturer (Maxtor) says.

Thanks,
Rex

ME can be a little buggy when compared it to my XP laptop. Just go through and make sure all OS, BIOS and software programs have all patches and upgrades installed.

I have Windows XP on both my computers and have installed Microsoft Office 98 on both of them and had no problems. I even run a DOS desktop dyno program on my laptop...

XP comes with a folder named Supportools just for this very reason. It has a self installer.

Any drive can be used as a external HDD. I bought the external USB driver case and use a old Maxtor drive in it. The driver case, can be used for any type of hardware including floppy's and comes with drivers for USB1.0 and 2.0 They automaticaly switch between the two as the device needs. Although not a speed demon like C drive, it's a 100 times better than CD or DVD.

The new fluid HDD are very quite running and well worth the money.

I use XP Home with SP2 with NO anti-virus and in over 2yrs have yet to have any problems, however I do use the XP SP2 firewall with a user account for logging on the net. The user account has no admin powers.

T_Bone

I hope so anyway, because I just ordered a jump-drive that is USB 2.0 and the auction said it should work with 1.1...

#2.) I am not absolutely sure this will solve your problem, but have you looked into getting a USB 2.0 card for the 'puter. The price is right, too!

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Because it was build on DOS, 98 and XP had many limitations... not multi-threading, etc. It's major noticeable limitation was a poor graphics interface and limited graphics memory. It also used the old way of recognizing hardware devices. You had to be a magician to add new hardware to the system sometimes.

Most of the bad rap with ME came from people who found it less stable than Windows 98SE. Stuff that used to work fine on 98 would crash miserably on ME.

XP-SP2 can be very-very stable when used with a good firewall (and a user who isn't downloading a lot of viruses and garbage programs).

jmho

Because it was built on DOS, 98 and ME had many limitations...

Sorry.

I suggest you plan on upgrading away from ME at some point in the future..... .