Windows 98SE Error when installing printer

ih8stress

I'm trying to install an Epson DX8450 all-in-one printer but got the following error message:

The file 'usbscan.sys' on Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM cannot be found.
Insert Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM in the drive and click OK

Error Details:

The following error occurred. 'The file was not found' (Error #2)
Set up could not finish opening a file on the source disk

Source file: 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\net\WIN98SE\usbscansys'

Destination file: 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\usbscansys=DRIVER20.CAB'

I'm not very computer literate and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I am a 'newbie' to this site, so apologise if I make any mistakes. I also have limited internet access, so may be slow in replying.

Thank you

mdbarber

You have checked this printer can be set up with win98?, they are very rare nowadays
anyway the file the install routine is looking for cannot be found in the folder it is looking in =C:\Program Files\Common Files\AOL\ACS\net\WIN98SE\usbscansys
the file it needs is in DRIVER20.CAB, now this is acompressed archive of many files and may be supplied by epson or by microsoft, though i think its the latter.
search your system for that file name, or put the windows98se cd in drive and point the browser to it its in a folder on the cd called win98
hth

ih8stress

Hi

The printer can be set up with Windows 98.

I have checked my computer for the file and can't find it. I have also browsed the windows CD, gone into Win98 and cannot find usbscansys at all. The only things that came up were:

ols file
tour file
base4, 5 and 6
catalog3
chl99
deltemp
dossetup
driver11 - 20
extract
format
intl
mini
net7 - 10
oemsetup
oemesetup
precopy1, 2
save32
scandisk
scandisk
scanprog
scanreg
setup
setup0, 1, 2
smartdrv
suback
sucatreg
suhelper
w98setup
wb16off
win98_21 - 74
win98_ol
xmsmmgr

Do you have any more advice, please?

mdbarber

the file you are looking for is driver20.cab, the file "usbscansys" is inside that its a "cabinet" file like a zip or rar archive

bat999

@ih8stress

If you can't find it on the CD there's a downloadable USBSCAN.SYS file for Windows 98se available from here:-http://usbman.com/Drivers%20and%20Patches.htm
(near the bottom of the page).
When you download the file I think that you need to copy/paste it into WINDOWS/SYSTEM folder. Maybe someone else will verify this.
:cool:

mdbarber

bat999 wrote: »

@ih8stress

If you can't find it on the CD there's a downloadable USBSCAN.SYS file for Windows 98se available from here:-http://usbman.com/Drivers%20and%20Patches.htm
(near the bottom of the page).
When you download the file I think that you need to copy/paste it into WINDOWS/SYSTEM folder. Maybe someone else will verify this.
:cool:

not a good idea as there are probably a few files involved in the install process and differing versions may conflict, let the install routine decide which is used

ih8stress

wrote:

I've inserted the windows98 CD, selected browse, clicked on Win98, clicked on driver20 and found:

Name: usbscan.sys
Modified: 23/04/99 22.... Size: 8,944 Ratio: ? Packed: ?

I'm not sure what the icon is before it, as I said previously I'm not very up on computers.

Could you please tell me what the next steps are?

Thanks

bat999

Nobody's come up with a 'good idea'.

So, browse your hard drive and see if there is a folder

c:\windows\system\drivers
or
c:\windows\system32\drivers

If so, copy and paste that usbscan.sys file from the cd into the drivers folder.
Then try to do the install again.
:cool:

quietishone

It has been a while since I did this with Windows 98, but the procedure is, I think, as follows -

1. Put Win98 disc in CD drive.
2. Go to "Start" then "Programs" then "Accessory" then "System Tool" then "System Information" then "Tools menu" and "System File Checker".
3. Choose "Extract one file from the installed disk".
4. Type in "USBSCAN.SYS" for the system file name and click "Start".
5. Type in your drive letter for the CD drive followed by ":\Win98".(For example "D:\WIN98").
6. Type in the correct path "C: \Windows\System32\Drivers" and click "OK".
7. The "Extraction completed" message appears. You'll find "USBSCAN.SYS" in "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers".

mdbarber

ih8stress wrote: »

I've inserted the windows98 CD, selected browse, clicked on Win98, clicked on driver20 and found:

Name: usbscan.sys
Modified: 23/04/99 22.... Size: 8,944 Ratio: ? Packed: ?

I'm not sure what the icon is before it, as I said previously I'm not very up on computers.

Could you please tell me what the next steps are?

Thanks

you can copy and paste that to your desktop so you can find it easily or when installing the printer and it comes up and asks for the file, swap disks and point "that" file browser window to the win98 cd and that win98 folder

bazzlad

Thought about upgrading to Windows ME? Cracking Operating System that is!