USB and W98se

I posted this in plug & play, but no response, so trying in this folder.
Sorry for double posting!

I have purchased an NEC USB UF000x from Dell for my old laptop to replace my
parallel floppy drive that is not working. I had W95 running on the laptop
and was
told to upgrade to W98se so that the USB would be properly recognized.

I upgrqaded to W98se, but the system is still requesting that a driver be
installed for the new hardware - this is a USB floppy and supposedly there
should be no driver required - and of course, I can't find one on the W98
disk or on MS or Dell websites. So....the usb floppy drive is not recognized.

I also have an older Dell Dimension R400 that was running W95 - I upgraded
this machine to W98se as well, and tried the USB floppy plug in........same
problem - looking for a driver.

Please anyone help? I need a floppy drive on the laptop and am
frustratingly without one!!