lecram1971 Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 How can I use HI-MD as extenal drive if I have windows 98? the problem is I don´t have space in the disk to install Sonicstage.Windows Xp recognice it with no problem, but W98 needs some drivers os similar, and I need the smaller thing to installIs this possible?Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianbf Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 go to the download section of the forums and download the personal audio driver. I think that will be helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Does your computer sense your unit as an external drive? 98 may be too old to do this, do yourself a favor and either upgtade to XP pro pr even better get a newer computer with XP pro and transfer your HD to the new computer, sounds like you are running at the limits of an old systemBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breepee2 Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 How can I use HI-MD as extenal drive if I have windows 98? the problem is I don´t have space in the disk to install Sonicstage.Windows Xp recognice it with no problem, but W98 needs some drivers os similar, and I need the smaller thing to installIs this possible?Thank YouW98 does not have the USB Mass Storage driver, but you can install it. I suppose it is available from Windows update or the Microsoft website.You still need Sonicstage to put playable music on your disc though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I confirm that installing the Sony private audio driver is necessary to use an Hi-MD device as external USB storage (tested and working: Windows 98SE / MZ-RH10). The best way to do it is to use the excellent SonicStage 3.2 offline installer that can be found in the download section of the MiniDisc forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecram1971 Posted November 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thank you for your answers!!!I will try if they work in my PC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I've used HiMDs under win98 as data drives. All it required installing was the personal audio driver [which has a version of the USB mass storage drivers in it].If you have a copy of SS that came on CD with your portable, you can install the driver by itself without SS. Even from SS 2.1 the driver alone works fine for data purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObrenMasic Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I confirm that installing the Sony private audio driver is necessary to use an Hi-MD device as external USB storage ...Odd! I thought that it shouldnt be necessary to install any other drivers than USB mass storage drivers in order to use the MiniDisc as a mass storage device. Sonic stage is necessary only if you want to listen to music.Ive used my HiMD just like that without installing any drivers, on XP though but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 (edited) Odd! I thought that it shouldnt be necessary to install any other drivers than USB mass storage drivers in order to use the MiniDisc as a mass storage device. Sonic stage is necessary only if you want to listen to music. As someone already said the USB mass storage driver is already part of Windows XP base install, it is not with W98 hence you have to install it separately. Edited November 16, 2005 by richyhu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 UMS comes with win98se [not perfect though!]win MEwin 2000win xp & proUMS is also supported by many linux distros & OS9.something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lecram1971 Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I installed the Personal Audio Driver and works perfect, now the W98 recognized HI-MD as a external drive.Windows XP don´t need this, at least in the computers I have proved it.Once again thank you for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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