Hi folks. Here’s my tale of woe… My friend got me a Sansa Fuze. It has a minimum system requirement of Windows XP. My faithful old beast of a computer runs Win98. Unsurprisingly, said beast does not recognize said device.
To further complicate matters, I promptly lost the little CD that came with the player. So I looked for a driver on the SanDisk site (I’m pretty much just tech-savvy enough to know what a driver is). All I found was a “firmware updater” which gave error messages when I tried to install it, and a “media converter” that I didn’t manage to install either (it wanted to update DirectX – unsure of what exactly that meant, and whether a media converter would be useful to me anyway, I chickened out).
It’s too late to take back the Fuze, because it got a little scratched being carted around by various friends trying (and mostly failing, which is another story) to put music on it from their computers.
Is there any hope for me and my Fuze, or am I the proud owner of a $150 paperweight?
Or, there are some Linux distributions that can boot right off a CD (so no installation) that would let you copy music from your hard drive to the Sansa.
Sorry, there may be a driver to make it work, but I don’t have a lot of sympathy for someone trying to use an 11 year old operating system with a new product.
Any operating system is better than windows 98. If you don’t have any money to buy a new windows OS I suggest you try one of the linux distribution out there. It can do the things windows 98 does and more, plus it works with the fuze. If you’re not very tech savvy I suggest you try something like ubuntu, just search for it on google :).
you can actualy install MTP porting kit from microsoft so the device will work as portable device on MTP mode if you want to use subcription music like rhapsody. I haven’t tried this myself but according to microsoft’s documentation, the porting kit will work with win9X.
Media Transfer Protocol Porting Kit
Introduces the new Media Transfer Protocol (MTP), which enables you to manage content on any portable device with storage. MTP was first shipped as part of the Windows Media Device Manager 10 SDK. This porting kit includes the complete MTP specification, design documentation, sample source code, software to implement a PC-based MTP simulator, and MTP test tools. The latest version of the MTP Porting Kit includes thoroughly updated ANSI C source code as well as a redistributable MTP driver for Windows 98 Second Edition , Windows Millennium Edition, and Windows 2000 operating systems. This driver is implemented as a Windows Media Device Manager Service Provider and supports device access through Windows Media Player 9 Series and other device applications that work on the Windows Media Format 9 Series Software Development Kit (SDK).
I have a backup machine with 2000 Professional on it. This will be an interesting experiment. The PC hasn’t been online in five years; it’s used as a terminal / editor only.
I have a backup machine with 2000 Professional on it. This will be an interesting experiment. The PC hasn’t been online in five years; it’s used as a terminal / editor only.
I’ll have to run an Ethernet cable…
Bob
I used to have a Windows 98 Disk aroiund here some where. HMMM. I wonder if my VM ware can run a 3rd OS? I have been looking for a challange.
The Fuze and Clip work fine with WIN98SE in MSC mode. I still run an old 98SE machine that refuses to die (I don’t go online with it though because it chokes on many websites). I use a generic USB driver and drag n’ drop.
If your machine has USB 1 ports, be prepared for very slow transfering. You can probably add a USB 2 card, but make sure it has drivers available for WIN98.
last time i saw conversation conversasion box and bob, they said they’ll go back in time to get their prehistoric computers… i think they’re stuck in the past… they’re not replying…
last time i saw conversationbox and bob, they said they’ll go back in time to get their prehistoric computers… i think they’re stuck in the past… they’re not replying…
First its CONVERSION box (No AT) Secondly I got nothing. My VM ware can only handle 2 Operating Systems. Right Now Thats Vista, and Red Hat Lunix. Cant I cant switch from Red Hat right now, so I couldnt install it. Sorry.
If you want prehistoric, we could try the Kaypro 10 (still running). Of the earlier stuff, Windows 2000 was one of Microsoft’s most stable platforms, and it is considerably more compact than the latest and greatest.
The older machine is used as a fancy CD player and ripper, and to browse pdf files. Having MTP capability on it would be handy.
