Can't read Windows 98se drive on Win Me system

Not sure if this is the correct discussion group or not for this question, but I didn't see a Windows Me community. I hope someone can still help me.

I recently installed Windows Me on a new 80 Gb drive, and wanted my original Win98se drive as a second drive on the system. I tried connecting the 98 drive every way I can think of, and I still can't read a single file or folder on it when I'm in WinMe.

Fdisk sees a primary DOS partition (about 1/2 used) on the Windows 98se drive. And, the Win98se drive boots fine when it's the primary master. I've checked the pin configurations on both drives, and experimented with different combinations of drive connections to the MB. I also tried putting the 98se drive in a different computer (also running WinMe), and still can't read it.

I wonder, does WinMe use NTFS by default? As long as none of the drives on the system are NTFS, I should be able to read them all. But, the 98se drive is behaving like it's an NTFS drive on a non-NTFS system. I'd converted the 98se drive from Fat16 to Fat32 awhile ago. (However, the drive previously had an NTFS Windows 2000 partition on it.) I should see NTFS listed beside the 98se drive in Fdisk if it still has an NTFS partition, right? Is there any chance (or any way to check to see if) there's some residual NTFS setup in the boot sector of the 98se drive?

What's the problem? Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!