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A standard MiniDisc by Sony, a
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If you are running a 64 bit version (x64) of Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 64 bit or Windows Vista and you want to transfer music from your computer to your NetMD device but you can't connect your MiniDisc than the device has become useless.Don't panic. We can fix it! All you have to do is download the 64 bit NetMD driver and follow the tutorial below.
But first, some explanation why your NetMD device doesn't work...
The problem is that there is no 64bit driver available for the USB connection between your NetMD and your computer running Windows 64 bit.
Windows 7 Pro users can switch to XP mode but that's not the shortest way to use your NetMD. Windows 7 premium users can't even switch their system in to XP mode. So that's very sad for all these MiniDisc lovers among us. Yes many people still love the excellent audio quality of MiniDisc's and the ease of use of it. Yes MiniDisc's are a thing from the past (from around the millennium) but where very popular and so, just like the Audio Cassette, they are still used by many.
If you love your MiniDiscs and you can't connect your PC to it, well than you have a major problem.
HiMD seems to have no problem connecting to a 64 bit PC, at least if you use the HiMD mode. If you want to transfer music in early standards like MD and NetMD it needs 32 bit (x86) support on your 64 bit system.
There was no supported driver for 64 bit systems for so far ...
... UNTIL NOW!
Yes we can resolve all these problems. We have the solution for these problem. A 64 Bit driver for the NetMD standard!
Just follow these steps to get your MiniDisc back to work under a Windows 64 bit system:
1. Make sure you installed Sonic Stage 4.3 on your Windows 64 bit system.
2. Download the NetMD USB-Driver for Windows 7 (64 bit) or Vista (64 bit).
If none of these drivers work for you, please try Sony's Personal Audio Driver.
3. Unpack the zip-file with the drivers to a folder .
You can do this with programs like: WinZIP or WinRAR or 7zip or even the Windows Explorer.
4. Go to the Device Management section on your computer.
5. Go to Universal USB, Right click on NetMD (flagged with a red) and update drivers.
6. Browse my computer for driver software.
7. Go to the unpacked folder where you unpacked the ZIP-file.
8. Follow the rest of the procedure.
9. Restart your computer.
10. If you now open Sonic Stage 4.3, after restarting your computer, you will see that you are now can make a connection with your NetMD.
Problem Fixed with this NetMD (Net MD) driver for Windows 7 64 bit!
This works for Sony NetMD players and Sony HiMD players.
Windows 7 pro 64 bit users don't need to go in XP mode to get their NetMD to work.
Supported Operation Systems to run the NetMD driver on:
Windows Vista 64 bit
Windows 7 64 bit
Windows 8 64 bit
Windows 8.1 64 bit
Windows 10 64 bit
If you still have problems for some MiniDisc products you're welcome to write a comment, we will answer as soon as possible.
