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How do you read a Flash Card on Windows 2000?

Microsoft included a third-party driver for the Windows 2000 and XP platforms on their distribution media.  There are also other manufacturers that, for a fee, offer drivers for these operating systems.  The following requirements must be met to be able to read your card from a PC slot:

The following instructions only apply to computers with Windows 2000.

Please follow the instructions listed below to install  Flash Stenocard support in your PC.

1. Power up your computer, allow all drivers to settle.  This is always a good rule to practice.  When you start your computer, Windows boots up first, then it loads all the user defined drivers.  It may take a few seconds or possibly minutes before all of the drivers are loaded and ready for use.  Therefore, give you PC enough time to load all its drivers when you power up your computer.
2. Insert you Stenocard into a card slot
3. Wait for the "Hardware installation wizard" to appear
4. Select the option to "Display a list of available drivers."  The verbiage varies by operating system.  It is important to "disallow" the automatic "Search for a suitable driver" option.
5. Select Memory Technology Driver.  If not found, move to the top of the list and double-click on the option to "View all Drivers/Manufacturers."
6. Locate and select the M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneer in the Manufacturer list -- see the screen shot below.  Do NOT select the M-systems Flash Disk Pioneer Ltd. option.
   
7. Select M-System DiskOnChip 2000 from the Model list, and then click on the Next button.
8. You will receive a warning that "the device did not start..."  Click Yes, and then click the Finish button to complete this phase of the installation.
9. The above procedure installs the necessary devices.  The following instructions installs the correct driver for this device.  
10. Click the Start Button, right-click My Computer, choose Properties.  The following window will appear:
    
11. Click the Device Manager button to view the list of devices installed in your computer.  Following screen shot depicts the Device Manager window.  Notice the yellow warning marker that appears next to the M-Systems DiskOnChip2000 device.  The warning tag appears because a proper driver has not been installed.
    
12. Double-click the M-Systems DiskOnChip2000 to view the property sheet for this device.  The following screen shot depict the property windows for the device.
    
13. Click on the Driver tab.  See the screen shot below.
    
14. Click on the Update Driver button to install a driver for your device.  Windows will display the "Hardware Update Wizard."  See below
    
15. Choose the "Install from a list of specific location" option, and then click the Next button. Windows will display the Search and Installation options.  Choose the "Don't search.  I will choose the driver to install" option.  See the screen shot below.
    
16. Select the "Centennial Technologies, Inc." from the Manufacturer list, and then select the "Centennial PCMCIA Memory Card" from the model list.  See the screen shot below.
    
17. Click the next button.  A warning message (as displayed below) will appear.  Choose Yes.
    
18. Windows will update the device driver and the following screen will appear.
    
19. Click the OK button to finish the task.

Upon successful completion, the device manager window will  display the correct settings and the yellow warning will disappear (see a screen shot  below).  Shut down your computer.  Insert a Stenocard into a card slot and restart the computer.  If a card is recognized, My Computer window will display an icon for the newly installed removable driver.  See the following screen shot. 

"My Computer" window showing the "ProCATFlash"

Device Manager Setting after Driver Update.

Known issues: Windows does not properly initiate the PC-Card driver when a card is not present at the boot up.  In other words, you must boot your computer with the card in the drive.  This will assure proper initiation.