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usb drive drivers for Win98

Anonymous
2024-01-01T20:42:28+00:00

I am trying to copy ~7GB of data from a functional circa 2000 desktop running Win98 with these i/o: USB, CD writer, floppy drive, ethernet port, phone port.

According to this post I could get a driver onto the machine via ethernet or dial up (https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/usb-driver-help-on-windows-98/497dabdf-fd06-40d0-98f4-6d7f7bff91e8) but didn't explain how. The links provided no longer work. I don't have another computer with floppy drive and I could not find CD writing s/w on the desktop in question.

Can someone explain how to get a driver onto the machine?

And where would I find USB drivers to begin with?

Thanks

Windows for home | Other | Devices and drivers

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  1. Reza-Ameri 45,806 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-01T21:45:09+00:00

    Like you mentioned the link is not working so we are not sure what it is about.

    If possible you need to format the USB to FAT32 (if it is NTFS) and try and see if Windows could recognize it?

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  2. Reza-Ameri 45,806 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-01-02T21:21:16+00:00

    Windows 98 is old and no longer supported and several network protocols used in Windows 98 are not available.

    I recommend you to try insert the USB or if possible try connect CD drive which are compatible with Windows 98.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-01T22:36:57+00:00

    actually come to think of it, if I can put a driver on the win98 machine, I should be able to read from the win98 machine

    so may be my question should really be how do I set up direct ethernet connection so I can copy from the win98 machine?

    I've tried various methods that came up from googling but so far I've not been able to see the win98 machine from my current machine (mac)

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