Jump to content

98SE and external drives


strangelymade

Recommended Posts

Mt wife uses 98SE on her computer and recently I bought her an external drive for storing files and folders on, but it wasn't recognised by her computer, apparently it couldn't find the driver for the external drive.

No matter where I have looked I can't find that was 98 compatible......any suggestions at to where I could find one?

Link to comment
Share on other sites


What brand/model type of external is it?

I know Western Digital has different drivers for USB-1 and USB-2.

j7n, is the native USB driver for external h.d.'s too?, It says ..." support USB flash drives, digital photo

and videocameras and other similar devices."

If yes it's not clear to me since it says flash drives.

Edited by bootless
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The driver is for "storage" devices. It just happen that Flash memory is most useful portable storage technology at this time.

I've used this driver with a HDD enclosure and on old USB 1 computers (with flash). If Windows XP can work without a driver with your hard disk, there is a great chance this driver will enable Win98 to do the same.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alright here is what i bought and what i did to get mind to work:

WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive

206409667.jpg

Second, downloaded the USB drivers storage.

3rd, plug in the device, it shows up the green icon in the tray, but it doesn't show up in the my computer part.

Last, go to control panel, device manager, click on DISK Drives, you should see something called: WD5000AAV external, right click it, click on settings.

Check mark where it says " Removable ", then add a drive letter, and restart your computer and it should show up.

Note: There is a slight delay/pause before you can access your external drive everything you click on it. Last about 2 mins.

Peace

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alright here is what i bought and what i did to get mind to work:

WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive

...

Yes, with NUSB MAximus Decim (3.3) posible :thumbup

bookgc4.jpg

Edited by Philco
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Alright here is what i bought and what i did to get mind to work:

WD My Book Essential Edition 2.0 External 500GB Hard Drive

...

Yes, with NUSB MAximus Decim (3.3) posible :thumbup

bookgc4.jpg

YUP :thumbup , same as mind. 465GB, i have 47GB of data of files already on it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...