using a pc with windows 98 to transfer mpc1k os2.1?

My question is ...if i already downloaded the upgrade from ajai and unzipped it and all that when i connct my mpc to my pc with a usb cable will the new OS transfer smoothly or what......? What can I do?my pc is old,my windows is 98, i dont have a multi-card reader or even a CF card reader on my pc.so if WIN98 is a problem,what can i do??????

the only thing I can think of is get a $10 card reader.

you don't need a card reader... all you need is a USB port and a USB cable. Just hook the 1000 directly to the computer. Make sure you install the newest USB drivers for 98 that you can find though.... I think i recall 98 having some issues with certain USB devices.

TBonus76 wrote:you don't need a card reader... all you need is a USB port and a USB cable. Just hook the 1000 directly to the computer. Make sure you install the newest USB drivers for 98 that you can find though.... I think i recall 98 having some issues with certain USB devices.

Nope: This will not work with win98. Requires at least win2000Me to work. Win98 needs a driver to recognise the CF card on the MPC, and this driver is not available from akai (nor anywhere else). A generic USB/card reader driver will not work either (USB is more specific than SCSI).

freezerman has the correct awnser.!

these types of threads go on forever.

so you just couldn't take the card out of the MPC and put it in a card reader? I used to use CF cards on my win98 pc all the time.

hi everyone,
Win-98 Second edition can handle USB storing devices with the right drivers, but not the older Win-98.
/jocks

So if i got win98 1st ed im F@#KED huh? and if i go buy a cf card reader that wont werk either??? WHAT TO DO----want the new os and all the new feats and the unbugs!! especially ChopShop. Anyone got an extra copy stored to a small cf card they'd be willing to sell or whateva??? HELP.....Oh neva ask the dudes at Guitar Center(or any other pro audio store---maybe not all of them but everyone i been to was like askin my grama what mpc to get and what synth to get with it) anything about mpc's----i asked for a memory card when i went to pick my mpc up and the salesman tried to sell me the Akai Ram expander!!! i know i shoulda copped it(i'll just grab a third party 256mb card---see the posts about this), but he argued with me sayin that is what i'd store my seq's,songs,pgms,and samples on----How do ppl that know less than a new buyer work at places like that??? I called about a Cart and Styli for my TT and the dude didnt know a needle from a pin!!!!!

if you get an old card reader that comes with WIN98 support on CDRom you can install it and swap files from the PC to the CF card using the card reader.
That is only IF you can find a card reader with win98 support, which is doubtful nowadays.

I have one actually. That I used with my old laptop runnng win98se, so they existed once...
One thing remains sure though, there are no WIN98se drivers for the MPC CF drive.

bring your cf card to net café and find a reader then transfer the os from there? yes sounds real stupid but if you don't have anywhere else to make the transfer?