Installing usb mouse on windows 98 without 98 install disks.

A Belkin Mini Wireless Optical Mouse frees you from the restriction imposed by the limit of the wire that your mouse uses to connect to your computer. The Belkin model works up to three feet away from the receiver and operates on a 27 MHz frequency. It's smaller than a regular mouse, making it easy to add it to a laptop case or desk drawer without losing much space in the process. Before you can use the Belkin Mini Wireless Optical mouse, you must install it. The receiver and the mouse should sync automatically; if they don't, you must perform the sync manually.

1 Press the bottom release tab on the top cover of the mouse. Insert the batteries included in the package and replace the cover.
2 Turn on your computer. Plug the Belkin USB receiver into a USB port on your computer. The drivers will install automatically.
3 Press the sync button on top of the USB receiver and then press the sync button on the bottom of the mouse to connect the two devices.
Warning

• close Before you can install the Belkin mouse, remove drivers for other wireless mouse types on your computer.

lol its time for you to upgrade! Sound like driver problem try to reload your mouse driver.
Best of luck

First I suggest you install Windows XP but you need the Windows installation CD and the product installation code.
Second, the USB ports and therefore the CD ROM drive will not work until Windows XP has been installed, unless the BIOS supports the USB ports and you can make the USB port/CD ROM as the first boot device.
After installing Windows you need to install the ThinkPad's device drivers.
The same model ThinkPadcan have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless youknow exactly which one is installed in your ThinkPad, you need to download allthe drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver. When you download thedrivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a recordof which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files arelocated on your hard drive. Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEBsite - support/download page and download the latest Windows XP or Vista devicedrivers for your model computer, Use this link: - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true You can download thevarious drivers and then you click on and run the various driver files, theywill then unzip and expand into a sub folder on C:\drivers Then install thevarious drivers from this folder (run the set-up file).

What are the system requirements for using this printer? A: PC Compatible Requirements
- An IBM (r) compatible PC with at least a 486/66 MHz (for Windows 98) or Pentium (r) 133 MHz (for Windows 2000) processor (Pentium or higher processor recommended)
- Microsoft (r) Windows 98 or Windows 2000
- At least 16MB (for Windows 98) or 32MB (for Windows 2000) of RAM (32MB for Windows 98 or 64MB for Windows 2000 recommended)
- 50MB of free hard disk space (100MB or more recommended)
- VGA or better display adapter and monitor
- CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing the printer software
- USB connection: a computer running Windows 98 or Windows 2000, with a Windows-compliant USB port and a shielded USB "AB" cable up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) long. Using an improperly shielded USB cable-especially a cable more than 6.5 feet (2 meters) long-may cause the printer to malfunction. Apple Macintosh Requirements
- An Apple (r) iMac (tm) series or Power Macintosh (r) G3 or G4 with USB port
- For iMac: Mac (r) OS 8.5 or later (Mac OS 8.5.1 or later recommended)
- For Power Macintosh G3 or later: Mac OS 8.5.1 or later If your iMac is running OS 8.1, you need to upgrade your operating system before installing your printer software. To find out which operating system your iMac is running, select About This Computer from the Apple menu. If you're running OS 8.5 or 8.5.1 on your iMac, Apple recommends that you install iMac Update 1.1. Download the update for your system from Apple at http://asu.info.apple.com. Contact Apple if you have problems installing an update.
- 16MB of available RAM (more recommended)
- 50MB of free hard disk space (100MB recommended)
- VGA display or better
- CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing the printer software
- A shielded USB "AB" cable up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) long. Using an improperly shielded USB cable-especially a cable more than 6.5 feet (2 meters) long-may cause the printer to malfunction.

re-installing the mouse/trackpoint driver then restarting the laptop usually soles this issue.

if you are running windows XP or 2000 then the driver can be found here for free download-
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4KMUYL

if you're running a different version of windows let me know.

//javaftper

If its a usb mouse then I would try looking around online for a driver for it and downloading and installing this driver.

If its not a usb mouse make sure the computer is turned off when you plug it in.

you cannot usually switch installed operating systems from computer to computer like that and still expect windows to boot, but with windows 98 it *might* work.

to install windows 98 on the usb drive, insert and boot from the windows 98 disk like you were to install it on that computer , and then, it should, before it formats any drives, give you a choice of what drive to format.

i think not, as there are no win 98 drivers for the device

For installing a generic mouse you need not to use any startup disk.
1. Make shutdown your pc.
2. Connect your mouse.
3. Boot your pc.

A message will be display by window that new hardware found, (if your mouse hardware is differ from previous mouse), and window will install the required driver for your mouse.

Thanks
Iqbal

I would look for the whole driver package from http://www.driverguide.com If you have the files downloaded why are they on the floppy? You can point the installation to any location, including the hard drive of the laptop. Driver guide does require a (free) membership to download, but it's a great site.