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Old March 7th 08, 05:04 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Old Guy
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

I just installed a PCI adapter to use PCMCIA SRAM cards in my win98
desktop computer. Windows recognized both the adapter and the memory
card and installed new drivers. I rebooted. Control panel-System
reports the devices are there and working properly. The problem is
that the drive has not been assigned a drive letter and doesn't show
up in My Computer or Windows File Manager so I can't transfer files to
or from the card. There is no icon for it that I can see other than
one in the Task Bar that allows you to stop the drive for card
removal. It works. What am I missing?
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Old March 7th 08, 06:18 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Franc Zabkar
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:04:37 -0800 (PST), Old Guy
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I just installed a PCI adapter to use PCMCIA SRAM cards in my win98
desktop computer. Windows recognized both the adapter and the memory
card and installed new drivers. I rebooted. Control panel-System
reports the devices are there and working properly. The problem is
that the drive has not been assigned a drive letter and doesn't show
up in My Computer or Windows File Manager so I can't transfer files to
or from the card. There is no icon for it that I can see other than
one in the Task Bar that allows you to stop the drive for card
removal. It works. What am I missing?


Four suggestions:

(1) Use TweakUI to check whether the higher drive letters are hidden.

(2) Try executing "fdisk /status" in a DOS window.

(3) Try "vol d:", where "d:" can be D:, E:, F:, etc.

(4) Type the following line at the command prompt (it looks like two
lines but is actually one long line). If required, respond with "Fail"
to "Abort, Retry, Fail?". This should find all the existing drive
letters, whether visible or hidden.

command /c for %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y
z) do vol %%i: | find /i "volume"

- Franc Zabkar
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Old March 7th 08, 11:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Old Guy
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

On Mar 6, 11:18 pm, Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:04:37 -0800 (PST), Old Guy
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I just installed a PCI adapter to use PCMCIA SRAM cards in my win98
desktop computer. Windows recognized both the adapter and the memory
card and installed new drivers. I rebooted. Control panel-System
reports the devices are there and working properly. The problem is
that the drive has not been assigned a drive letter and doesn't show
up in My Computer or Windows File Manager so I can't transfer files to
or from the card. There is no icon for it that I can see other than
one in the Task Bar that allows you to stop the drive for card
removal. It works. What am I missing?


Four suggestions:

Thanks very much. Sorry for taking so long to respond.

(1) Use TweakUI to check whether the higher drive letters are hidden.

I didn't have this program. I downloaded it and ran it. I saw no
options that would be useful

(2) Try executing "fdisk /status" in a DOS window.

Only my non partitioned (primaryonly) C drive showed up.

(3) Try "vol d:", where "d:" can be D:, E:, F:, etc.

I tried this for every letter of the alphabet beyond D, my CD-ROM. All
were invalid.

(4) Type the following line at the command prompt (it looks like two
lines but is actually one long line). If required, respond with "Fail"
to "Abort, Retry, Fail?". This should find all the existing drive
letters, whether visible or hidden.

command /c for %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y
z) do vol %%i: | find /i "volume"

I tried this a few times and kept getting "invalid parameter ( list of
letters)"

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Device Manager reports the following are all installed and working
properly:
Memory Technology Drivers
SRAM Memory Card (series 1)
PCMCIA Socket
PCMCIA Card Services
Ricoh RL5C475 Card Bus Controller

The card is listed in Hardware in System Tools under Miscellaneous,
not in Storage Devices.


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Old March 8th 08, 01:12 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Jeff Richards
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

Getting SRAM to work with Windows 98 can be difficult. This site has a good
description of the process - it isn't simple, however.

http://www.synchrotech.com/support/f...-pc_cards.html

(about halfway down).

The MS link from that page no longer works but this may be helpful:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/142945/en-us
Problems Installing SRAM or Flash Memory Cards in Windows 95
When you insert a PCMCIA SRAM or Flash memory card into a Windows 95- based
computer that has been configured to use protected-mode PCMCIA card drivers,
there may be no drive letter in My Computer or Windows Explorer associated
with the PCMCIA card. This can occur even though the card seems to be
recognized properly and the appropriate driver is installed.

The advice there (for W95) is exactly opposite to the advice on the previous
page (for W98). However, here is an example of driver installation using
the W95 technique in W98:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264387/en-us
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"Old Guy" wrote in message
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On Mar 6, 11:18 pm, Franc Zabkar wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 20:04:37 -0800 (PST), Old Guy
put finger to keyboard and composed:

I just installed a PCI adapter to use PCMCIA SRAM cards in my win98
desktop computer. Windows recognized both the adapter and the memory
card and installed new drivers. I rebooted. Control panel-System
reports the devices are there and working properly. The problem is
that the drive has not been assigned a drive letter and doesn't show
up in My Computer or Windows File Manager so I can't transfer files to
or from the card. There is no icon for it that I can see other than
one in the Task Bar that allows you to stop the drive for card
removal. It works. What am I missing?


Four suggestions:

Thanks very much. Sorry for taking so long to respond.

(1) Use TweakUI to check whether the higher drive letters are hidden.

I didn't have this program. I downloaded it and ran it. I saw no
options that would be useful

(2) Try executing "fdisk /status" in a DOS window.

Only my non partitioned (primaryonly) C drive showed up.

(3) Try "vol d:", where "d:" can be D:, E:, F:, etc.

I tried this for every letter of the alphabet beyond D, my CD-ROM. All
were invalid.

(4) Type the following line at the command prompt (it looks like two
lines but is actually one long line). If required, respond with "Fail"
to "Abort, Retry, Fail?". This should find all the existing drive
letters, whether visible or hidden.

command /c for %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y
z) do vol %%i: | find /i "volume"

I tried this a few times and kept getting "invalid parameter ( list of
letters)"

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

Device Manager reports the following are all installed and working
properly:
Memory Technology Drivers
SRAM Memory Card (series 1)
PCMCIA Socket
PCMCIA Card Services
Ricoh RL5C475 Card Bus Controller

The card is listed in Hardware in System Tools under Miscellaneous,
not in Storage Devices.




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Old March 8th 08, 01:55 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Old Guy
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

On Mar 7, 6:12 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:
Getting SRAM to work with Windows 98 can be difficult. This site has a good
description of the process - it isn't simple, however.

http://www.synchrotech.com/support/f...-pc_cards.html

(about halfway down).


Thanks very much. I can't try all this until tomorrow. I'll post back
then.
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Old March 8th 08, 08:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Old Guy
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

On Mar 7, 6:55 pm, Old Guy wrote:
On Mar 7, 6:12 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:

Getting SRAM to work with Windows 98 can be difficult. This site has a good
description of the process - it isn't simple, however.


http://www.synchrotech.com/support/f...-pc_cards.html


(about halfway down).


Thanks very much. I can't try all this until tomorrow. I'll post back
then.


BINGO! Thanks very much. It wasn't difficult.
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Old March 8th 08, 11:33 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
Jeff Richards
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Default PCMCIA card reader with SRAM card

Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
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"Old Guy" wrote in message
...
On Mar 7, 6:55 pm, Old Guy wrote:
On Mar 7, 6:12 pm, "Jeff Richards" wrote:

Getting SRAM to work with Windows 98 can be difficult. This site has a
good
description of the process - it isn't simple, however.


http://www.synchrotech.com/support/f...-pc_cards.html


(about halfway down).


Thanks very much. I can't try all this until tomorrow. I'll post back
then.


BINGO! Thanks very much. It wasn't difficult.



 




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