This update provides a Safe Removal utility that allows you to stop a Plug and Play storage device safely, prior to physically unplugging the device. This component also includes an update for 1394 drivers, which resolves issues related to the surprise removal of peripheral devices.

In some cases, the BIOS and Windows may not be communicating properly with the computer hardware during the shutdown process. This update configures Windows 98 Second Edition to ignore the presence of a Plug and Play BIOS and communicate directly with the hardware.

For more information about this utility, please read Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article Q238096. (This site is in English.)

• Click Start, point to Find, and click Files and Folders.
• Search for 1394bus.sys. (This may be a hidden file. See below for instructions about unhiding system files.)
• Install the update only if 1394bus.sys is present.

1. Click Start, point to Find, and click Files or Folders.
2. Search for 242975UN.inf.
3. Once this file is displayed, right-click on the file and choose Install.

Note Both 1394bus.sys and 242975UN.inf are system files. If your search returns no results, the system files may be hidden. Follow these steps to unhide system files:

1. Click Start, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.
2. Click Tools, and then click Folder Options (in some versions of Windows, Folder Options may be located under View).
3. Click the View tab.
4. Under Hidden files, select Show all files.
5. Make sure that Hide file extensions for known file types is not selected.
6. Click Apply, and then click OK.
7. Click Search Now to restart your search.

Important System files should be unhidden only temporarily. To hide the system files after receiving your search results, follow steps 1 through 3, above. For step 4, select Do not show hidden or system files.