DOS access to USB drive

[John]

I have an older PC that came with Win 98se and (2) USB 1 ports. I have
since added another hard drive and installed XP Pro on it using FAT 32. I
also bought a Maxtor USB 2 adapter card with 4 ports and have (2) Maxtor USB
external hard drives plugged into it. I like and use IFD (Image for DOS) as
a backup image program. What I'd like to know if anyone has come up with a
way to access USB 2 adapter cards in DOS? I know they can access USB 2
ports that are built into the motherboard. IFD (Image for DOS) is the
program I want to use, I have other image programs that I bought like Drive
Image, Norton Ghost, True Image, and BING...none of which are installed
right now, but I have used them all.

Does anyone know if it has been done and how to do it?

John

 

[Bob Harris]

There are USB drivers for DOS, but they are not universal, meaning that some
work on some PCs and others don't. Also, some are limited to the first USB
controller they see, etc. You might try starting with the following link:

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10215

 

[Bob Harris]

Here is a website with a pile of links to USB drivers, USB 1.1 and some 2.0,
with hints, instructions, etc:

http://www.stefan2000.com/darkehorse/PC/DOS/Drivers/USB/