1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ?

soundgeek · 08-09-2009, 02:39 AM

I have a 1TB USB drive which I use with Vista.

Would I be able to use this on my Win98SE machine?

Riskyone101 · 08-11-2009, 06:38 AM

Hello and Welcome to TSF,

Yes you probably can, but you will need a driver for it.

**blah789** · 08-11-2009, 12:41 PM

I don't think Windows 98 will natively recognize any partition over 128GB.

There are some drivers mentioned here
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD
but I don't know if they apply to internal drives (ATA/SATA) or if they'd also work with USB.

soundgeek · 08-11-2009, 01:49 PM

Yes, fair point about drivers.

I had read somewhere that Win98se does not handle partitions over about 127GB, but I'm not at all clear whether that also applies to external USB drives?

Riskyone101 · 08-11-2009, 03:36 PM

The windows will see the harddrive but you probably will need a driver for it.

**wrench97** · 08-11-2009, 03:40 PM

If it's formatted NTFS it may not see it.

**blah789** · 08-11-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

If it's formatted NTFS it may not see it.

sysinternals used to make an ntfs driver for Windows 98. since the Microsoft takeover, they don't distribute it anymore. you might find Windows 98 NTFS drivers elsewhere though (google)

Riskyone101 · 08-12-2009, 10:36 PM

Excellent point wrench97, your right, needs to be formatted FAT32 in order for windows to see the harddrive.

Now getting on with the solution, here it is:

A new external harddrive needs to be prepared (formatted) before use and yes
when you go into my computer it will not show there, but however if you go into device manager it will be listed under "drives", therefore we need a harddrive utility for it.

What kind of harddrive is the external USB device?

preventec47 · 11-25-2009, 03:03 AM

I think the other big problem is that the current USB devices are
USB 2.0 and WIN98 will only read 1.0 USB devices. I found
that out with a memory card reader when trying to get the
photos from my camera into the WIN98 computer.

SAme with external USB hard drives That are for XP and VISTA.
They are 2.0 and WIN 98 does not recognize.

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soundgeek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 13 OS: Win98SE	1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? I have a 1TB USB drive which I use with Vista. Would I be able to use this on my Win98SE machine?

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Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: 1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? Hello and Welcome to TSF, Yes you probably can, but you will need a driver for it. __________________

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blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,304 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: 1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? I don't think Windows 98 will natively recognize any partition over 128GB. There are some drivers mentioned here http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD but I don't know if they apply to internal drives (ATA/SATA) or if they'd also work with USB.

08-11-2009, 01:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
soundgeek Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 13 OS: Win98SE	Re: 1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? Yes, fair point about drivers. I had read somewhere that Win98se does not handle partitions over about 127GB, but I'm not at all clear whether that also applies to external USB drives?

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Riskyone101 Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicago, IL. Posts: 3,697 OS: XP Pro SP3, MCE 2005 sp3, Vista Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate My System	Re: 1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? Excellent point wrench97, your right, needs to be formatted FAT32 in order for windows to see the harddrive. Now getting on with the solution, here it is: A new external harddrive needs to be prepared (formatted) before use and yes when you go into my computer it will not show there, but however if you go into device manager it will be listed under "drives", therefore we need a harddrive utility for it. What kind of harddrive is the external USB device? __________________

11-25-2009, 03:03 AM	#9 (permalink)
preventec47 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 17 OS: XP Pro also Win98SE	Re: 1 Terabyte USB drive on Win98SE ? I think the other big problem is that the current USB devices are USB 2.0 and WIN98 will only read 1.0 USB devices. I found that out with a memory card reader when trying to get the photos from my camera into the WIN98 computer. SAme with external USB hard drives That are for XP and VISTA. They are 2.0 and WIN 98 does not recognize.