My fault

[andyp1]

Hey guys a few of you have commented on windriver ghost.

Sorry its not on cnet but I just googled it and found 13000 matches so it should be easy enough to download from somewhere.

Not all PCs have CD-RW Drives.

I'll just mention my preferred way of using it. in an older machine.
I saved the programme to HD then stuck it on a CD-R .
I load it on a PC. Then I have a small HD like 1or 2 GB , 100 MB would be enough. I shut down the PC. Then take the IDE cable out of the CDRom and stick it onto the little HD. Then fire it back up.
Then run the prog which will save it to C. Then Copy and paste the Drivers folder to the little HD.

Then I take the small HD out and reconnect the CD-Rom . Format the HD and install the OS . If Windows finds every thing then no problem , if not , shut down the PC again swop the CDRom fro the little HD . ReBoot and load all the drivers from there , Once done , put the CD Back in place. and hey presto everything working.

I have found that it creates a driver folder between 35 and 45 MB so too much for floppies.

On PCs with a CDwriter of course its very easy just burn the folder to a CD.

[gitreel]

You could try driverguide.com

It could have the driver you are looking for.

[beavereater]

Update...

I mentioned to my friends that I had little time and that they should do what I did...try through trial and error. They didn't seem to keen on it at first, but eventually got their sound working WIHTOUT my help. In my opinion now, I think it was just laziness on their part for not wanting to put in any effort into their own PC. However, the last problem we face is getting their SD card interface thingy working. Not sure what to do their though...any thoughts!?

[northcat_8]

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish you feed him for a lifetime.

I agree about the laziness, helping them is a lot different than doing it for them...I'll help, I have trouble doing it for.

[glockjs]

However, the last problem we face is getting their SD card interface thingy working. Not sure what to do their though...any thoughts!?

manufacture website if thats one of the other "lost" discs. i wouldnt even go that far. keep touching the fire and your gonna get burned and it will be your own damn fault because what happend the first time you helped him.

[gmatov]

Beavereater,

I mentioned on the other thread, where you screwed your machine up because it was all Japanese, to try www.driverguide.com .

If you can read the name of the SD card reader, and the model number, just go to the website and DL the drivers. That is IF it is a Win 98 machine. If it is a Win2k, XP machine, it should see the reader, detect and work.

Yes, really, you are at fault. In the first place, all the OEMs are putting a protected disk area, and sometimes not protected area, to store install files, be they called the Help Spot or whatever. The first thing you should do when you buy a new OEM machine, Dell, Compaq, Gateway, is find the file and burn to CD. Usually 3 CDs full. A lot of floppies, I'll agree, but I don't know if you can even buy a new machine without a CD burner, today.

The other option is to make a second partition, with Partition Magic or something and transfer those files to it. If C:\ goes bad enough to need a format, the files are on D:\, available for re-install. I do this as a matter of course, but I do work on more than a few machines.

Casting no aspersions your way, doing this for the first few times can be very trial and error, and mostly error.

Why were you unable to read the Japanese manual? I would think to teach Japanese kids English, you should have a grasp of Japanese.

Cheers,

George