New Network Hard Drives compatible with 98SE
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Kit
(14 messages posted)
So recently, my Iomega Network Hard Drive (DHD250-N2) started goofing up - not crashing
- but turning off in the middle of transfers, locking up until unplugged, etc. I
have since discovered on-line that Iomega is notorious for squirrelly DOS firmware.
I had picked this drive about 2 years back because it could be connected remotely
by 10-BaseT Ethernet to my 98SE laptop, and provided a means for file redundancy,
should my laptop crash. So I simply wanted to replace this drive with a new one that
could do the same thing, and found nothing but problems.
All new drives indicate no compatability with 98SE. Even Iomega wasn't supporting
it, and I had had enough of Iomega anyway. I bought a unit from Buffalo Systems,
hoping there was a special patch, but no go; I had to return it.
I finally decided to give up the ethernet idea, and went for a USB Network hard drive,
figuring that USB is Operating System-independent, I was USB 2.0 compatible, and
I have no trouble plugging in memory sticks this way. So I got a Western Digital
My Book Essential drive. STILL no go. I found a "My Book 98SE USB" driver, installed
it, and STILL no go!
I finally solved the problem by swapping the My Book with my roommate's old Maxtor
Personal Storage 5000V USB drive, and after finding a very helpful webpage and driver
download on Maxtor's website, finally found joy. My roommate btw, has Vista on his
computer, and was able to plug in the My Book with instant success.
So by way of the old Maxtor drive, I have at least for the moment, solved the problem,
but every time I want to back up files, I must set up a place to set the Maxtor near
my laptop, set up power cords to run it, and plug in a USB cord to do the transferring
- a major pain in the booty.
I cannot see why a technology that can connect every computer in the world together
suddenly can't handle two computers in the same room with different operating systems!
:/
For the future, does anyone have a solution to this? What currently-sold external
hard drive can plug into ethernet and connect to a 98SE system? Since it no doubt
will not work turn-key for 98SE, what are the patches I'll need and where will I
find them? Has anyone else solved this frustrating issue?
Many Thanks.
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