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Run USB devices under DOS!

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Old 06-04-2005
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Run USB devices under DOS!

Working with an old PC, I was confronted with a HD that had no bootable partition. It contained data that I wanted to retrieve, without having to move that HD first into another PC.
My idea was to use a USB key, so I started hunting around for a solution.

I found this interesting info somewhere on the web, and you can run USB2.0 under DOS!

This is how a Boot disk is setup to run USB 2.0 from DOS.

Include in AUTOEXEC.BAT for CD
MSCDEX.EXE /D:cd1 /L:Z


Include in CONFIG.SYS for CD and USB2.0 Driver
DOS = HIGH,UMB
LASTDRIVE = Z
DEVICE = himem.sys /testmemff ==>>must read: /testmem no space colon no space off <<== silly smilies
DEVICE = USBASPI.SYS /v
DEVICE = DI1000DD.SYS
Rem Use whatever CD Driver works for you
DEVICE = oakcdrom.sys /m:15 /d:cd1

You can get the Panasonic USBASPI.SYS Driver from the following:
http://panasonic.co.jp/pcc/products/...er/f2h_usb.exe
Scroll down in the new created F2H directory.

You can get the DI1000DD.SYS "motto hairu" DOS Driver from
http://www.driver.novac.co.jp/driver.../mhairudos.zip

Do NOT use the usbaspi.sys from mhairudos.zip, it is an older one!

I'm sure a few of you can now make DOS backups onto external harddrives etc.!


Additional info can be found here: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10215

If it does NOT work for you, DON'T ask ME!

Last edited by realblackstuff; 06-04-2005 at 07:35 AM..
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Old 06-05-2005
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Excellent, and thanx ! !

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Old 06-05-2005
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You could try doing it this way (Disable smilies in text)
Quote:
/testmem:off
But then you'll have to conted to using text smilies... ;-D


Aside from that, great find!
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Old 06-15-2005
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Member since: Jun 2005, 43 posts
I ran into a similar problem with a computer that didn't boot. I went to http://ntfs.com/boot-disk.htm and it worked like a charm. I was able to move files to my external iomega USB hard drive.
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