Flash Drive for Windows 98 not 98SE Need HELP

[littleturkey]

How can I use my Simpletech 1gb flashdrive to retrieve files off of my old Windows 98 system? It is running 98 not 98SE.
Simpletech says this flashdrive does not support Windows 98, only 98SE.

Please help.
Thanks!

[pip22]

Remove the hard disk from the 98 PC and put it in your other PC as a slave. You can then read and copy files off it directly. Installing a second disk here:
http://www.pcanswers.co.uk/tutorials...ectio nid=606

If you don't fancy doing that, buy an external 3.5-inch enclosure for it (2.5-inch enclosure if it's for a laptop disk), fit disk inside the enclosure and plug it into a USB port on your other PC.

[harry12]

It may seem silly to ask, but what is it you want to do - why are you specifying this 1G USB drive?
Win98 probably won't see that USB drive as you've been told - and Pip22 as always... other fixes are sound...but why not attach a spare IDE-drive to the IDE cable (of the old computer) plus power connecter and transfer the files over. Before USB that was the chore we did without a thought....then as suggested take the (transfer HDD) to a new PC with USB capability and transfer the files.
I would be reluctant to remove the working HDD from the Win98 PC, if there is an alternative.... ( such as an old HDD to act as transfer.)

However, the real issue may be the Win98-Driver - for Win98 should address USB (provided you can get a suitable driver and motherboard has the port/bios etc.)... as it was largely the problems with USB that killed-off Win95 - the third version of that was supposed to work USB but I have never found anyone that achieved it...I have a Win95 CD "With USB support" - does it? - not likely........Grr.
As soon as Win98SE came out, all new drivers were issued as SE-versions since this also fixed other issues HDD capacity etc which suddenly became an issue when the PC went photographic.
Hope that helps.

[harry12]

Further to my reply, I am now in a similar situation, having been given a flash-drive usb device (capacity uncertain)...it was a promotional gift containing some .PDF's I presume....fine on later Win versions that automatically fix the driver...but I don't know the Manufacturer of this device and have been given no driver....
((My system is a basic 400MHz 256M(ram)PentiunII, running Win98SE with spare HDD capacity))
So, it seems that I'm able to see the (new USB's) red LED, but that's about it. Presumably someone at a computer-club would be able to read the flash-memory and this "might" give the manufacturer/type/capacity...making finding a driver easier.
I've tried Driver.com and several others which specialise in Win98SE...but to no avail - I wonder if anyone here has some ideas?....it seems a pity to ditch the equivalent of several boxes of floppy-discs.
It would be nice to review the "promotional contents", but Formatting will also be OK...
Since I've never done this, what are the steps?...perhaps it will be obvious when, finally I get the Icon onto "My Computer" and click on it...
The computer recognises this unknown USB-device, but without a driver I cannot proceed...I have the Win98SE CD - but curiuously there are no USB-drivers present....so I guess they made that the responsibility of the manufacturers, since it was "early-days" - now there are relativly few new devices that cannot use an existing driver for all the features.
Thanks for now.H.