BELKIN F5U126eaXXX User Manual

USB 2.0 Flash Drive
User’s Manual

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Section 1. Introduction Page 3

Section 2. System Requirements Page 4

Section 3. Guide to Components Page 5

Section 4. Basic Functions Page 6-8

Section 5. Partition Type Page 9-10

Section 6. Using the Software

(Belkin U-Storage)
On Windows Platform Page 11-22

Section 7. Boot Up Function Page 23-26

Section 8. Recover Disk Page 27

Section 9. Known Problems Page 28-32

Section 10. Disclaimer Page 33

Section 11. Trademark Acknowledgments Page 34

Contents

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Introduction

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Thank you for purchasing the Belkin USB Flash Drive. The manual explains how to
use the Belkin software bundled with the device.

Safety Precautions

Please follow the safety precautions carefully before you use the Belkin USB
Flash Drive and the application software. Make sure that you use the application
software correctly according to the procedures described in this guide.

Warnings: This mark indicates topics that could lead to serious injury

of your body or damage of the product if ignored or handled
incorrectly.

Warnings

• Do not attempt to disassemble or alter any part of the product that is not
described in this guide.

• Do not allow the product to come into contact with water or other liquids. In
the event that water or other liquids enter the interior, immediately unplug the
product from the computer. Continued use of the product may result in fire or
electrical shock. Please consult your product distributor or the closest support
center.

• Do not handle the product to do the plug and unplug operation if your hands are
wet. Otherwise it will cause electrical shock.

• Do not place the product near a heat source or expose them to direct flame or
heat.

• Never place the product close to equipment generating strong electromagnetic
fields. Exposure to strong magnetic fields may cause malfunctions or corrupt
data.

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There are minimum hardware and software requirements that must
be satisfied to ensure the product to function properly.

• Computer Model

- IBM PC/AT Compatible, Power Macintosh,
PowerBook, iMAC or iBook

• OS - Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium
Edition (Windows ME), Windows 2000, Windows
XP, Linux 2.4 or higher, Mac OS 9.0 or higher

• Interface - USB

• Free Hard Disk

Space 3 MB
and more - Windows 98 SE does not support default Mass

Storage Driver. You have to install the driver bundled
with the product (Driver for Windows 98/SE).

- The product can use the default driver in most of
the OS. If you want to run the application software
bundled with the product (“Belkin U-Storage “), install
the driver by clicking on the “Tools” in the “Driver
& Tools Installation” menu. Then, the application
software (“Belkin U-Storage”) will work properly.

- The application software (“Belkin U-Storage”)
can ONLY run in Microsoft Windows OS.

- However, the Belkin USB Flash Drive basic
functions can be supported in all OS listed above.

System Requirements

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USB Interface: - The interface connects to the

USB port of the computer.

LED Display:

- This LED Display will show the status
of the device. Once the device is in
operation, the LED will be turned on.

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Guide to Components

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LED Display

USB interface

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Basic Functions

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1. Plug and Play

When you plug the device into the USB port of your computer,
you will see a “Removable Disk” icon in the file manager window.
In Macintosh, once you plug the Belkin USB Flash Drive into the
USB port. You can see the disk icon in the “Desktop”.

In Linux OS, you can mount the device by the following instruction.

• Execute cd /etc/sysconfig/ ( cat /etc/sysconfig/hwconf | more )

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Check the device information in hwconf_
write down the mount point.

• Make a directory in /mnt (ex: mkdir /mnt/usbHD )

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Then, execute mount /dev/sda1 /mnt usbHD
(if mount point was .dev/sda)

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2. Read and Write

You can retrieve files from or store files in the device

as you do with a hard disk. The read/write operation
of the device is the same as that of a hard disk.

3. Write-Protect Switch

When you turn the write-protect switch to “ON” position, you

cannot write any file or data into the device. You still can view and
read the files and data in the device. You can switch the “Write­Protect” switch even you do not disconnect the device. Due to
Linux OS limitation, the write-protect switch will not work on-line.

4. Unplug

You can remove the device after you finish the action with

the device. However, in Windows ME and Windows 2000,
please follow the safe removal procedure. You can find a
safe removal icon in your computer’s notification area.

Double click the “safe removal” icon; the “Unplug or Eject

Hardware” window will be pop up. You can select the device
you want to remove. Then, click the [Stop] button. After that you
can unplug the device from the USB port of your computer.

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Basic Functions

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Warnings: When you want to remove the Belkin USB Flash Drive,

make sure the LED is not flashing. When the LED flashes
quickly, there are some traffic on going between the OS
and the Belkin USB Flash Drive. Don’t remove the Belkin
USB Flash Drive at this moment. Otherwise, it will cause
some damages to the data or even the Belkin USB Flash
Drive itself.

Warnings: If you do not follow the safe removal procedure in

Windows ME and Windows 2000 systems, data loss
caused by the “write cache” issue may happen.

In Macintosh systems, you can drag the removable disk icon and put into the
trash. This action will perform the “Eject” function

In Linux OS, please follow the “un-mount” command procedure to un-mount
the device.

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Partition Type

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The Belkin USB Flash Drive may be partitioned into three types of disk. We will
use the following terms in this guide,

1. Public Area

There is an area where you , as well as anyone else can do any basic functions,
described in the “Basic Functions” section, in this area.

2. Security Area

This area cannot be viewed without the application software.

Once you do the “Log In” action in the application software,
you will switch view from “Public Area” to “Security Area”.
After successful switch, you can do any basic functions,
described in the “Basic Functions” section, in this area.

- You can only view either “Public Area” or “Security Area” at the
same time in the same disk logic unit number (Drive).

In Belkin USB Flash Drive, you can select the following partition combinations:

1. Single Public Area

Make all the device area accessible by everybody.

2. Security Area

Make the device area into two partitions in the same Drive, Public

Area and Security Area. Everybody can access the Public Area.
The Security Area can be accessed “Only” with a password.

3. Public Area Plus Security Area

Make the device area into three partitions in two Drives, Public

Area and Security Area in Drive1, and Public Area in Drive2. You
can access these partitions by the multiple-Drive driver. The
partition status was shown in the following figure. The partitions in
Drive1 will perform as described in item 2. The partition in Drive2
will perform as described in item1.

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This figure shows detailed operations of single Drive.

This figure shows detailed operations of multiple Drives.

This table describes the functions of the three partition types.

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Partition Type

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Change View Through

Login & Logout

Public

Area

Security

Area

Drive1

Change View Through

Login & Logout

Public

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Security

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Drive1

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Function Type Security Password Disk Logical

Unit Number

Disk Letters in

OS

1. Public Area
Only

No No 1 (Drive1) 1

2. Security
Area

Yes Yes 1 (Drive1) 1

3. Public Area
Plus Security

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Yes Yes

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Installing/Uninstalling the Application Software
(Belkin U-Storage):

Installing the software:

If you are installing the application software onto Windows OS, you must first
log in as the administrator and then install the application software.

Precaution about the USB Interface

• Please connect the device to the USB port of your computer
when you install the application software.

• If you do not connect the device to the USB port and install the
application software in the Microsoft Windows XP, you have to install
the Belkin 98/SE Driver again as you plug in the device.

• In Windows 98 SE and Win Me, you need to unplug the Belkin
USB Flash Drive and plug again after install the driver.

1 Place the “Driver & Tools” CD into the CD-ROM drive in the computer,

a menu called “Driver & Tools” Installation will pop up.

2 Left click on “Tools”.
3 Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed.

Uninstalling the software:

To remove the installed software, you can click the windows [Start] menu
and select [Setting], [Control Panel] and [Add/Remove Programs]. The
application software can also be uninstalled by clicking the [Start] menu and
selecting [Programs], [Belkin U-Storage], [Uninstall Belkin U-Storage].

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Notes:

• The “Driver for Windows 98/SE” will be required to install, as the device is
connected to the PC through the USB port for the fist time when operation is
made under Windows 98/98SE system. After that, the drive installation is no
more required in future uses.

• Do not cancel the installation during the procedure.
The Belkin USB Flash Drive may not operate correctly if the installation is
incomplete.

• Read the “Troubleshooting” Section if the installation cancels itself during the
procedure, if the installation did not proceed as described, or if you feel that the
driver are not properly installed

Installing the USB Driver:

For some Windows system, users should log in as the Administrator before
installation. Once you have inserted the Belkin USB Flash Drive into the computer,
under Windows ME/2000/XP, the OS will find the appropriate driver or the “Add
New Hardware Wizard” dialog will appear after a moment. In Windows 98/98SE,
you can do the installation of the driver manually; just place the “Driver & Tools” CD
into the CD-ROM drive in the computer and click on “Driver for Windows 98/SE “
when the “Driver & Tools” installation menu pops up. Follow along the instructions,
the driver will then be installed.

During the installation procedure, if the “Digital Signature Not Found” message
displays, just click the [Yes] button in the showing window.

Using “Belkin U-Storage” Program for the First Time:
Warnings:

Because the “Belkin U-Storage” program can only handle one

Belkin USB Flash Drive at the same time. If you don’t want to use
the functions of the “Belkin U-Storage”, like [Resize], [Change
Password], or [Log In], etc., you can insert more than two Belkin
USB Flash Drives. If you want to use the functions of the program,
remove all other Belkin USB Flash Drives. Otherwise, the “Belkin
U-Storage” may not perform properly or even cause data loss.

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Using the Software (Belkin U-Storage)
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After you install the software and driver correctly, the “Belkin U-Storage “ icon
( shown as a“lock” ) will appear at the notification area automatically.

or

The display will depend on the status of the device.

• You can use the right button of your mouse to pop up the selection menu as
the following figures. Then, you can select the functions you want.

• Or you can double click the icon in the notification window. The “Belkin U­Storage” manager window will pop up :

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By default, the device is non-security. So, the “Resize” function will be active
when you run this software first time.

Belkin USB Flash Drive- Resize:

As described in the “Partition Type” section, you can do the “Resize” action to
your Belkin USB Flash Drive.

Warnings: The “Resize” action will erase all the data or files existing

in Belkin USB Flash Drive. The action is not reversible. You
have to backup all the important files or data. Also, please
close all the active programs and windows on the screen of
your computer.

1. Click the [Resize] button in the “Belkin U-Storage” manager window. The
following “Resize Partition” window pop up.

2. Select the partition type you want.

3. If you select the “Public Area Only (Single Drive)”, then click the [OK] button.
The “Confirmation” window will pop up. Please make sure you already backup
all the important files or data.

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4. If you select the “Public Area + Security Area (Single Drive)”, then the following
“Security Area” window will pop up. You can drag the scroll bar in the middle of
the window to set the size of the “Public Area” and “Security Area”. Or you can
type in the size of each Zone you want in the “Size” window. You can set the
password for accessing the security area in the “New Password” window. The
maximum size of the password is 8 characters. You can key in the hint of your
new password in the “Password Hint” window. This hint will be displayed when
you click the [Hint] button in the “Unlock Protect” window. The maximum size
of the Hint is 32 characters. After you finished the setting, click the [OK] button.
The “Confirmation” window will pop up. Please make sure you already backup
all the important files or data.

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5. If you select the “Public Area + Security Area(Dual Drive)”, then the following
“Public Area(Drive1)/Security Area” window will pop up. You can drag the scroll
bar in the window to set the size of each area. First, please set the size of the
“Public Area (Drive2)”. The minimum size for each area is 1MB. The maximum
size of the “Public Area (Drive2)” is 1/4 of the total size. Once the size of the
“Public Area (Drive2)” was set, the scroll bar of the “Public Area (Drive1)” and
“Security Area” will be set in the middle automatically. Or you can type in the
size of each Zone you want in the “Size” window. You can set the password for
accessing the security area in the “New Password” window. The maximum size
of the password is 8 characters. You can key in the hint of your new password
in the “Password Hint” window. This hint will be displayed when you click the
[Hint] button in the “Unlock Protect” window. The maximum size of the Hint is 32
characters. After you finish the setting, click the [OK] button. The “Confirmation”
window will pop up. Please make sure you already backup all the important files
or data.

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6. Once the resizing is finished, the following message will pop up.

7. After you finish the “Resize”, the “Setup.exe” program (exactly the same as
“Tools.exe” in the “Driver & Tools” CD ) will be copied into the “Public Area
(Drive1)” automatically. It’s removable. However, it is needed when you insert
your device into another computer. It will install the “Belkin U-Storage” software
for you in the computer you want to operate on.

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Log in the Security Area:

If you partition the device with security, you can execute the following “Login”
function to access the security Area.

1. Double click the “Belkin U-Storage” icon in the notification window or click the
[Login] button in the “Belkin U-Storage” manager window. The “Unlock Protect”
window will pop up.

Warnings:

When you do the login and logout action with the device,

please make sure there is no application or program running
or document unclosed on the device. If so, it will cause data
loss or damage.

2. Key in the password in the “Password” area.

- You can create the password hint in the “Resize” or “Change Password”

functions. Once you create the password hint, you can click on the
[Hint] button in the “Unlock Protect” window to prevent you from
forgetting the password. The hint will show up in a couple of seconds.

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- If you key in the wrong password, the following message will be shown.

- You have three tries to input the password. After three tries, the following

message will pop up. And you have to unplug and plug the device again in
order to do future actions.

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When you do the login or logout action, please make sure you
close all the programs or documents open connection on the
device. If there are some application programs running or
documents unclosed on the device, the following message will pop up.

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In Windows 2000, even the “file manager” has accessed

the device, it will be treated as “busy”. You have to close
the file manager in order to do the “Login”. However, not all
the connection could be checked in all kind of OS.

3. Click on the [OK] button.

4. Once the file manager window contains the “Security Area”
pops up, you can do the operation you want with the “Security
Area”. The file manager window looks like this :

Log out the Security Data Zone:

1. Double click the “Belkin U-Storage” icon in the notification
window or select the [Logout] button in the “Belkin U-Storage” manager window.

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Warnings: When you do the login and logout action with the device,

please make sure there is no application or program running
or document unclosed on the device. If so, it will cause data
loss or damage.

- When you do the login or logout action, please make sure you have

closed all the programs or documents on the device. If there are
any programs running or documents unclosed on the device, the
following message will pop up. In Windows 2000, even the “file
manager” has accessed the device, it will be treated as “busy”. You
have to close the file manager in order to do the “Login”. However,
not all the connection could be checked in all kind of OS.

2. Once the file manager window contains the “Public Area (Single Drive)
” pops up, you can do the operation you want with the Public Area.

Change Password:

User can change password and key in the password hint using the “Change
Password” selection in the “Belkin U-Storage” manager menu. You can only select
this item in “Security AP Zone”.

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1 Make sure the “Write Protect” switch is in “OFF” position.
2 Key in your current password in the “Current Password” area.
3 Then, key in your new password and confirm in the “Confirm Password” area.

- The maximum size of the password is 8 characters.

4 You can key in the hint of your new password in the “Password

Hint” window. This hint will be displayed when you click
the “Hint” button in the “Unlock Protect” window.

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Boot Up Function

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The BootUp program in “Utility” section of “Belkin U-Storage” manager window
will build up the device as a bootable disk. Before you run the program, please
make the following preparations,

1 This program can run under Windows 98 SE, XP, and ME.

(The program can’t be supported in Windows 2000.)
2 Please turn off the anti-virus program during the procedure.
3 Make sure your Windows system was located in C Disk.
4 Make sure the “write-protect” switch is in “OFF” position.
5 This program only deals with one device at the same time.
6 Make sure your Belkin USB Flash Drive is in “Public

Area” if it is with “Security” function.
7 If you want to make your device as a bootable USB HDD, you can’t make the

device as a “Security” one. This option is only supported in Windows 98 SE.

Warnings:

If you performed the “Log In” action with your Belkin USB

Flash Drive and located in “Security Area” and run the
BootUp function, it will do the “Log Out” and erase all the
data in “Public Area”.

When you are ready to process, follow the following procedures, the procedures
for Windows XP is different from Windows 98 and ME. This program cannot be
run in Windows 2000.

Windows 98 SE and Windows ME:

1 You can click the [Utility] button in the “Belkin U-Storage”

manager window to execute the Boot-up utility.

2 The following window will show up

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Boot Up Function

3. You can select the type of the boot-up method, USB ZIP or USB HDD. The

USB HDD is only for Windows 98.

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If you select “USB HDD”, the computer will get the “C:\>”
prompt after you boot from the Belkin USB Flash Drive.

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If you select “USB ZIP”, the computer will get the “A:\>”
prompt after you boot from the Belkin USB Flash Drive.

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If your device is with “Security” function, only USB ZIP can be selected.

4. After the selection, click the [OK] button. The following warning message will

be shown. The data in the “Public Area” will be lost. If it is OK, click the [OK]
button to continue the process.

Warnings:

The program will do the format. The existing data in the

“Public Area”, which you want to make, will be lost.

5. After the process is completed done, the finish message will be shown.

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Boot Up Function

Windows XP:

1 Please make a bootable floppy first. You can insert a floppy

into the floppy drive. Then, click on the icon of 3.5” floppy in the

“My Computer”

window by using the right button of the mice. Select the “Format” item.
2 Select the item for build up a bootable floppy in the format options. Then, click

on the [Start] button.
3 Make a directory called XP_Bootable in the root directory of your computer

system disk.
4 Copy all the files in the floppy to the XP_Bootable directory.
5 Click on the [Utility] button in the “Belkin U-Storage” manager window. Then,

select the USB ZIP. Click on the [OK] button.

6 After the process is completed, the finish message will be shown.

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Boot Up Function

Error Messages:

When this message shows up, the possible

reason is your Windows OS installation is not
completed. (Please
make sure the path \WINDOWS\COMMAND\
EBD in Windows 98,
\WINDOWS\COMMAND\EBD in Windows ME,
or \XP_Bootable in Windows XP is exists)

When this message shows up,

please make sure the “Write-Protect”
switch is in “OFF” position.

When this message shows up,

please make sure the capacity of
the “Public Area” is enough.

Notes:

• After you finish the program, you will see different disk property when

you select different disk type. For example, if you select it as “USB

HDD”, you will see the hard disk icon in the file manager window. If you

select it as “USB ZIP”, you will see the removable disk icon in the file

manager window. However, only Windows 2000 and above can identify

the difference. In Windows 98, you just can see the “Removable Disk”.

• After you finish the program, the device contains the files necessary for

boot up function. Please don’t remove any files in this area. Otherwise it

will cause failure when you do the boot-up procedure of your computer.

• When you want to use the Belkin USB Flash Drive to boot up

your computer, please select the appropriate setting of the

BIOS. Please refer to the user manual of the motherboard.

• Since the BIOS design of each motherboard is quite different, we

cannot guarantee the boot up device is suitable for every computer.

• Since Award changed their BIOS spec. In March 2002, the boot

up procedure is different from before. We cannot identify if the

BIOS is new or old. So, this boot up utility is not suitable for

Award’s new BIOS if you use USB ZIP boot up option.

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Recover Disk

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Once your device is damaged, you can use this utility to recover the device.
It will check if there are too many bad block in device and try to repair it.

1 After you double click on the Recover Disk shortcut in start menu, the

following window will pop up.

Warnings:

The “Recover Disk” action will erase all the data or files

existing in Belkin USB Flash Drive. The action is not
reversible. You have to backup all the important files or
data.

2 There are two steps in Recover Disk, one is “scan bad block” and the other

is “Read/Write” testing for each block. It will take a long time to scan each

block. It will take about 1.5 minutes for each 16 MB.
3 After you click the [Start] button in the window, the Recover process will be

started.
4 Once the job is finished, the complete message will be shown in the middle

area, or else it will show error message.

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Problem 1:

The “Write-Protect” switch can not work on-line on Macintosh computer with
Mac OS 10.1.4.

Warnings: The “Recover Disk” action will erase all the data or files

existing in Belkin USB Flash Drive. The action is not
reversible. You have to backup all the important files or
data.

Workaround: Disconnect the device when you need to switch the

“Write-Protect” with Mac OS 10.1.4. We will solve the
system hang-up problem in the near future. However,
due to the OS operation issue, we don’t recommend
you switch the “Write-Protect” on-line.

Problem 2:

In Window2k or Window XP, when user use VIA USB 2.0 host controller and run
resize in Belkin USB Flash Drive AP will cause OS reboot or resize function fail.

Solution: In Windows XP:

Update USB 2.0 driver from Microsoft Windows
Update(usually Windows XP will update automatically).

Windows 2k:

When your OS detect USB 2.0 host controller PCI
card or onboard chip at first time, OS will show new
hardware detect and request to direct driver location,
please select Microsoft Windows Update to update
from internet, otherwise if you install VIA driver before,
you must update manually follow below step:

Right click My Computer and select Properties.

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Select Device Manager… in Hardware page

Select VIA PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller under Universal
Serial Bus controllers and click right mouse button to select Properties.

Then select Update Driver… in Driver page.

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