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Dimwit
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:20 am    Post subject: Need ME driver for USB external HDrive
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I bought a WD MyBook USB external hard drive and it did not plug and play. It
installed but I did not have the right driver for it. Wd support is giving me
every answer but the right one. I downloaded their Win98 driver which is
working ?? but I would like to know if there is a Win ME driver available.
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Mike M1
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 6:58 pm    Post subject: Re: Need ME driver for USB external HDrive [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Why didn't you mention this earlier? When you inserted the drive what was
the message? I suspect that it asked you to insert your Win Me CD and
that you don't have this to hand.

With the drive connected open the Device Manager and delete all yellow
banged entries. Close the Device Manager, remove the drive and reboot.
Now locate the folder containing the file BASE2.CAB, by default this is
normally either C:\Windows\Options\Install or C:\Windows\Options\Cabs but
some OEMs place it elsewhere on the system. Now connect the usb drive and
when it asks you for a file and to insert the Win Me CD, instead browse to
the folder that contains BASE2.CAB. The installer should now find the
necessary files to correctly configure your usb connection.
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Mike Maltby
MS-MVP Windows
mike.maltby.TakeThisOut@gmail.com


Dimwit <Dimwit.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I bought a WD MyBook USB external hard drive and it did not plug and
> play. It installed but I did not have the right driver for it. Wd
> support is giving me every answer but the right one. I downloaded
> their Win98 driver which is working ?? but I would like to know if
> there is a Win ME driver available.
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