usb hard disk

[andy_embedded]

I have Maxtor external portable 80GB harddisk.
I am able to use it in windows xp but unable to use in windows 98 second edition.
ofcourse i need drivers in win98se. i did NOT receive any drivers cd with harddisk.
CAN i download drivers for win98se from any website.
please someone provide me links to websites.

 

[Wowbagger]

Have you tried Maxtor's (actually Seagate's) support web site?
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/

You can go there, enter the model number, and see if they have Win98 downloads.

 

[LTC8K6]

If it is formatted in NTFS, 98 can't read it anyway, IIRC.

First check to see if it is formatted in NTFS.

 

[richardm]

Once you've found your drivers you might also need this Windows patch:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=240075

Even if it is NTFS there are readers that will enable Windows 98 to use it, although I've not needed to try one for years so I can't recommend anything (a quick google for windows 98 ntfs will find you some).

 

[a_unique_person]

I have Maxtor external portable 80GB harddisk.
I am able to use it in windows xp but unable to use in windows 98 second edition.
ofcourse i need drivers in win98se. i did NOT receive any drivers cd with harddisk.
CAN i download drivers for win98se from any website.
please someone provide me links to websites.

Can 98SE read a 80GB disk?

 

[BigAl]

I have Maxtor external portable 80GB harddisk.
I am able to use it in windows xp but unable to use in windows 98 second edition.
ofcourse i need drivers in win98se. i did NOT receive any drivers cd with harddisk.
CAN i download drivers for win98se from any website.
please someone provide me links to websites.

You may find read-only drivers for W/98SE but you won't find full-function drivers.
NTFS and partition and file sizes are also show-stoppers.

If you really need to run W98 for some reason, you can either run it under a "Virtual Machine" on a modern XP machine or if you have need two machines, you can put the USB drive on the XP machine and share it over your ethernet. The W/98 machine doesn't know or care what kind of disk is on another machine on a network, subject to file size limitation.

Microsoft Virtual PC and the VMWare products are both good your purposes.

 

[bruto]

Can 98SE read a 80GB disk?

Yes, assuming it's FAT32. I had an 80 on my Win 98SE machine.