hallo i need help please

[gilad2211]

i was install the Usbaspi.sys driver.

the driver recorgenize my externall hdd (wd hdd).

but where is it?

i only have c: and d:. they are my internall hdd.

thx.

[gilad2211]

and now i formateted an 8 giga usb to fat32 and it's says that targer not found.

the wd hdd is ntfs.

thx for your help.

[falther]

If you use a properly working USB device ( stick or hdd ) it will be detected
automatically in Windows and at least a drive letter is asigned for it (no matter
whether its formated or not).

There is no need to install manually any additional driver for usb.

If by any circumstance a properly working usb device is not formated, it should
be possible to format it with the standard Windows tools - or with an add on tool
which is a little bit simpler to use

the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool:

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-St ... 74082.html

If neither of these option works, then your usb connection might be faulty.
+++

[michael chiklis]

I totally agree with falther.
Also, if your usb connection are faulty it could damage your drive.
If usb connection on your computer are really faulty, you should change motherboard.

[Vulcan]

@falther,

FYI the driver mentioned by the OP is a DOS driver, and I suspect the OP is using DOS. I guess he may be trying to get his external (USB?) WD drive to be recognised in DOS - perhaps to use MHDD? I'm not sure that he is trying to install a USB driver for use by Windows, which would be incorrect as you say.

However since there is insufficient information about why the OP is asking these questions, or what their actual objective is, I could be wrong. The missing information / translation problems are just too large.

[HaQue]

i was install the Usbaspi.sys driver.

the driver recorgenize my externall hdd (wd hdd).

but where is it?

i only have c: and d:. they are my internall hdd.

thx.

Hi,
More information please
such as
operating system
why you need a driver if in windows?
external hdd model
new/old drive .. WAS it working and now not?
do other flash drives and externals show up ok in your system?
have you checked in the BIOS to see if everything is as it should be?
is it a new system with all mainboard chipset, usb3 drivers etc?
does it work on another pc?
have you tried different cables
tried a powered usb hub?
anything else that may be relevant
etc

cheers

[gilad2211]

i have an pentium 2 with windows 98 that not load to me.

i'm trying to install xp over it.

it's an old laptop.

i was type the command line in config.sys for Usbaspi.sys driver and it's recorgenize it but i can't find it on the dos.

that's the problem.

i have an usb stick and it's says to me that the target not found.

thx.

[HaQue]

Hi,

Have you checked in BIOS that it DOES support booting from USB?
What might be beneficial is to first update your BIOS to latest version.
Go through your BIOS by pressing F2, F10 or DEL or whatever and see what settings are there for USB and booting.

That info would have been good at the start, and also the exact model of your laptop.

Does it have a CDRom drive? It would be easier to use that.

What you can also do is take out your internal harddisk, and put it into an external reader, partition it to have, say, a 1Gb fat32 and the rest to another partition. then copy all the winXP boot files to it. make that partition active and boot to that and install to another partition.

also, I have never needed to install usb drivers in DOS, well I have but it has normally been scripted into whatever I was doing already.

Maybe you need to specify a drive or add more details to the driver in config sys.. stretching my memory, so a quick google:

Loading and enabling a single CD-ROM device driver you had to use both config.sys and autoexec.bat:

The CONFIG.SYS file contains the following DEVICE command:

device=c:\devices\cdromdrv.sys /d:mscd000

This command loads the device driver CDROMDRV.SYS, which came with the
CD-ROM drive. The AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains the following MSCDEX command:

c:\dos\mscdex /d:mscd000 /l:g

maybe you haven't fully done the USB driver part.

does your laptop have a floppy drive and a CDRom drive?

cheers

[Bigfoot]

Hi,
It has been a while since I used win98 but I don't think it natively supports NTFS.
As said above it would be a good idea first updating laptops BIOS.

[ShaneWard]

wndows 98 and Windows Me or anything lower does not support NTFS.

[gilad2211]

the laptop does not have a cdrom.

and it's not booting from usb.

how i update my bios?

thx.

[Eleg]

Floppy disk drive?

[HaQue]

the laptop does not have a cdrom.
and it's not booting from usb.
how i update my bios?
thx.

You Know... you really need to read the answers to your questions and the questions we ask... carefully.

"does your laptop have a floppy drive and a CDRom drive?"

does it have a floppy drive

Have you checked in BIOS that it DOES support booting from USB?
What might be beneficial is to first update your BIOS to latest version.
Go through your BIOS by pressing F2, F10 or DEL or whatever and see what settings are there for USB and booting.

did you do this?

and also the exact model of your laptop.

?

have you gone to the webpage of your laptop at HP, Acer, IBM, ASUS...whatever, as we don't know, to check the manual?

when we get some details we can help more.

[gilad2211]

i have an extrnell floopy drive.

i was update my bios.

it's dell latitude cs

now i'm trying to go to my extarnell dvd drive and it's wrire "target not found".

it cannot booting from usb and the laptop does not have a cdrom.

[HaQue]

i have an extrnell floopy drive.

That's Good, is it USB and is it working properly?

i was update my bios.

Does this mean you did update your BIOS? Your translation "I was update my bios" is not very good English. No problem but can you please say it a little different/better?

it's dell latitude cs

Ok, good, can you post a link to your laptop support page at dell? thanks

now i'm trying to go to my extarnell dvd drive and it's wrire "target not found".

the external DVD is USB?
Did it work before?
How are you trying to go to your drive?

I think you may need to:
1) create a boot floppy with CDROM Drivers on it.
2) boot the CDROM and install Windows XP.

you can find some boot disks here: http://www.bootdisk.com/

[gilad2211]

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/ ... rid=R36132

here is the laptop support page.

and yes the external dvd is ub.

the usb work fine.

the problem is that the computer is not recorgenize the dvd from ubd.

but i'll try the bootdisk and tell you how it goes.

thx.

[gilad2211]

it's not work...

the laptop recorgnize the dvd rom but it's not load cd's. i think it's beacuse it's an usb 1 slut and the dvd rom is usb 2-3.

[HaQue]

So if the USB on the laptop is not USB2.0, maybe you can get a PCMCIA to usb 2.0 or a PCMCIA to CD..

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEC-Chip-PCM ... 5aebf187da

If you don't want your data that is on the laptop, take the drive from the laptop, put it in another PC, format it to FAT32, copy full winXP cd to it, boot with a floppy bootdisk and install XP.