USB External Hard Drive for windows 98

[steve]

I am in need for a USB external hard drive to back up work on a computer that runs windows 98. I will also need to connect it to newer machines. I had one already and it said it could connect to windows 98 but it never worked so got a bit frustrated. So I was wondering if anyone knows of any external hard drives that will work on windows 98 and they have had experience of it working on the system.

Thank you

Steve

 

[RHochstenbach]

Welcome to HWF :)

There's a universal USB mass storage driver available for Windows 98 here: Windows 98 USB Mass Storage Device Drivers
After installation, you can use almost any USB hard drive.

 

[johnny.dacu]

Agree with RHochstenbach. I've faced the same problem some while ago and i've managed to use an external hdd on windows 98.

 

[HardwareHunter]

Wow! I never knew this until today. Thanks RHochstenbach. I have an old lappy that runs Windows 98 and backing them up is not a problem anymore.