Re: External Hard Drive Driver
Lil' Dave wrote:
>
> "Scott" <golden@uslink.net> wrote in message
> news:4775CFFD.DAE27A18@uslink.net...
> >
> >
> > Bob Harris wrote:
> >>
> >> The win98 drivers usually come from the device manufacturer, in this case
> >> Western Digital.
> >>
> >> However, you might have another option: Acronis True Image can be run
> >> from
> >> a bootable CD, which it will create for you. This CD is useful when you
> >> are
> >> attempting to restore the parition containing the operating system, or in
> >> case you need to replace the internal hard drive. But, it can also be
> >> used
> >> to get around any win98 limitations for creating a image. The CD runs a
> >> flavor of LINUX, and has both read and write capability for NTFS file
> >> systems. (I have personally tested this for verison 8 of True Image; I
> >> assume that any newer version also has this ability.) Just plug the USB
> >> drive into the PC, insert the Acronis CD, then reboot. (If it boots
> >> directly into win98, reboot and change the BIOS setup to boot from CD
> >> before
> >> hard drive.) True Image is very good about showing all hard drives, and
> >> all
> >> recognizeable partitions. Just be aware that some of the higher drive
> >> letter designations (D:, E:, F:, etc) may be slightly different than you
> >> see
> >> within windows, although "C:\" always seems to be C:\. Look at the size
> >> of
> >> the partitions and their format to help determine which is which.
> >>
> >> "Scott" <golden@uslink.net> wrote in message
> >> news:47755121.71EDF3D1@uslink.net...
> >> >I have a 500GB Western Digital external hard drive that I use for
> >> >Acronis
> >> > image backups for my various systems. The drive is set up for Windows
> >> > 2000
> >> > system and above. When I connect it via USB to my Win 98SE machine, it
> >> > looks
> >> > for driver, but can't locate one. (none came with the external drive).
> >> > Is
> >> > there any way to find a driver that will allow me to use this drive on
> >> > a
> >> > Win 98 machine? There's no special software on this external drive,
> >> > just
> >> > a
> >> > standard USB 2.0 cable.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >> > Scott
> >
> > Bob,
> >
> > Of course!! I can't believe I was so dumb! I have Acronis v.8, and I've
> > used the
> > bootable Win98 CD many times to restore an image. You reminded me that it
> > can
> > also create an image. I just plugged in the WD My Book external drive,
> > booted to
> > the CD, and it's now creating an image to the external drive on the FAT32
> > partition
> > (which it sees just fine). It works like a charm. Bob, you're a genius!!
> > Happy
> > New Year!!
> >
> > Thanks again!
> > Scott
>
> Glad you're satisfied. However, I believe you said the problem was with
> 98SE not seeing any partitions on the USB hard drive. Not writing a image
> file to that partition with Acronis.
>
> Old drive image 2002 could write to NTFS or FAT/FAT32 partitions an image
> file either in 98, or from its boot media. It could not see USB or Firewire
> drives though without aid of a windows environment to see such. Install of
> DI 2002 did not allow windows explorer to "see" NTFS partitions. Only under
> the DI 2002 application.
>
> Dave
Dave,
Any idea why the Win98SE driver for the WD My Book external drive, which I got
from Western Digital's website, wouldn't let me see the FAT32 partition on the
external drive from My Computer? It seems pretty straightfoward.
Thanks!
Scott