Need a DOS USB driver application

[budman]

I have an external USB drive that I use for backup. Ghost 9.0 runs in XP so
there hasn't been a problem 'seeing' the drive.

Then I bought Spinrite from Gibson Research. It is a DOS program that needs
some assistance in recognizing the USB drive. I have spent all day searching
and experimenting with suggestions obtained in the Internet. Nowhere, can I
find enough information that can actually take me through the process, step by
step, of producing a DOS bootdisc OR bootCD that will install a USB driver
(somewhere) so that Spinrite can access the external drive. GRC is of no help
at all. They say to hook the drive directly to the motherboard, which would be
a great pain in the rear end.

Any help would be appreciated. If any further system info is needed, please
ask.

Thanks

 

[Jerry]

Boot disks: www.bootdisk.com

But I don't think ther is any such thing as USB DOS drivers so you can
actually see a USB drive from within real-mode DOS.

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

Boot disks: www.bootdisk.com

But I don't think ther is any such thing as USB DOS drivers so you can
actually see a USB drive from within real-mode DOS.

There are several USB DOS drivers, the most common is 'duse'. Search for
'duse' in Google.

 

[Guest]

If you have a floppy drive, usually A:, you can..? Insert a blank diskette,
then in my computer right click on the A: drive, format, create MS-DOS
startup disk, start.. Now just copy the needed Spinrite files to the floppy..
You may need to set the floppy drive as the first boot device in the BIOS..?
To make a bootable CD-R you need a third party burning app like Nero or
Roxio.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03september16.mspx
Hope this can help..
j;-j

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I have an external USB drive that I use for backup. Ghost 9.0 runs in XP so
there hasn't been a problem 'seeing' the drive.

Then I bought Spinrite from Gibson Research. It is a DOS program that needs
some assistance in recognizing the USB drive. I have spent all day searching
and experimenting with suggestions obtained in the Internet. Nowhere, can I
find enough information that can actually take me through the process, step by
step, of producing a DOS bootdisc OR bootCD that will install a USB driver
(somewhere) so that Spinrite can access the external drive. GRC is of no help
at all. They say to hook the drive directly to the motherboard, which would be
a great pain in the rear end.

Any help would be appreciated. If any further system info is needed, please
ask.

Thanks

I have been using Ghost PE 2003 for some time now. Ghost permits the creation
of a Boot disk/DOS program disk which would contain a USB driver. Once you
have it, you can then "customise" the boot disk.

 

[Guest]

You may need to go to the OEM's web site for the USB external drive and get
the USB DOS drivers from there.. You can then include the driver(s) on the
floppy or CD-R boot disk..
j;-j

 

[budman]

Thanks, but Spinrite is a single .EXE file.

 

[budman]

I have the duse application but can't get it to work as it probably should.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I know, you need to run it, click on it to start it in windows from it's
folder or specific location.. See the faq, it seems self explanatory as to
how the program should initiate..
http://grc.com/sr/faq.htm
Contact their tech support here if all else fails..
http://grc.com/support.htm
Best of luck..
j;-j

 

[Guest]

Ok, I see what you might at least try.. Skip to step #3 ( in the owners guide
PDF) and just copy the Spinrite .EXE file to your boot floppy or your CD-R
boot disk, that's it. Reboot the computer with the boot media, at the CMD/DOS
prompt type DIR to see the contents of the boot media, then type spinrite (or
the name given your .EXE file), hit the enter key. The program should startup
and you should be able to see if you can access your external USB drive
through the Spinrite program. Try this first, if by chance you need to add a
device driver later, then that can be done later, first things first, verify
you actually need it..
j;-j

 

[budman]

Spinrite detects both of my internal drives (0&1) and all partitions. It does
not detect the USB drive. The FAQ on the GR site also states:

"Is SpinRite compatible with USB and Firewire devices?

The best answer to this is a firm "maybe". DOS device drivers are available for
most USB and Firewire controllers. If such drivers are added to a DOS boot
diskette so that your USB or Firewire drive is "seen" by DOS, SpinRite will also
be able to "see" and operate with it."

I have created both a floppy disc & a CD from the Spinrite program that is run
in Windows initially. The DOS program they use is PC-DOS. From what they elude
to above, then yes, a DOS / USB driver that reads an NTFS file system needs to
be added.

However, I don't know how it can be added to the Spinrite floppy disc. Along
with Spinrite.exe, the other existing 'hidden' files are:
Config.sys, which can be edited.
KERNEL.sys & SRSPLASH.sys, both of which are written in mumbo-jumbo code.

 

[Guest]

Try looking in the Spinrite 5.0 owners guide PDF file, to see an explanation
of how to add a USB driver to a config.sys file on a boot disk..
http://grc.com/srdocs.htm
j;-j

 

[budman]

Try looking in the Spinrite 5.0 owners guide PDF file, to see an explanation
Thanks, but I just can't grasp the proper procedure to achieve what I need. I
think I'll wait until Gibson Research finally realizes that there is a need for
them to add the NTFS/USB support for XP machines, right out of the box.