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Old December 26th 07, 04:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.disks.general
Gary S. Terhune[_2_]
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Default Will a Maxtor OneTouch 4plus work with win98?

When I say "simple drive", I mean that it is detected and treated as a
"basic disk" as defined in Windows XP disk management -- it's essentially
the same for earlier versions of Windows. It does not show up as a
"removable drive" like memory sticks, etc. It does not need anything more
than the standard IDE drivers AND the USB1.1 or USB2 or firewire drivers for
the connection. The specs you're worried about ONLY apply to the additional
software that is bundled.

In short, you can use the drive on any of the machines that you mention,
except that on the Win98FE machine, it will be so slow as to potentially
cause problems. What you can't do is install the Retrospect backup software
and the drivers that permit the "One-Touch" operation.

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"SlickRCBD" wrote in message
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
It's your choice, and I have never tried that specific model on Win98,
but I've used various external One-Touch drives and my experience is that
the drive will work just fine as a simple drive. What won't work is all
the "One-Touch" backup software that's included. Note that while the
drive *should* work under USB1.1, it will be slow as molasses. Best if
the machines have USB2. Unfortunately, you can't get that in Win98 First
Edition.

If you want, I'll see if my Maxtor 350GB drive works under Win98FE, and
if so, I'll swap you, ;-)

Well, the really important one is to use Win98SE. However, when you say
"Simple drive", I'm confused. I know what a "basic disk" is in XP, but
I've never heard the term "simple drive" in Windows 98.