Luckily there are ways in which you can install a usb on your windows 98 pc and enable it to use usb mass storage devices.
Usb stick driver windows 98.
Windows 98 usb storage driver.
The reason for this is because unlike later versions of windows such as xp and vista the windows 98 operating system does not have the necessary drivers to run and operate usbs.
When i was a kid my first experience with computers was with windows 98.
I remember doing things like playing solitaire and making my grandparents gift cards in print shop.
I ve used this on a range of machines from an old slot 1 system to newer athlon 64.
Usb flash drive for windows 98 driver by jw3096 apr 17 2008 2 36pm pdt i m trying to transfer a folder from my old computer to my new computer.
Installing the generic usb mass storage driver.
Download windows 98se generic usb mass storage device driver to the desktop.
This includes any drivers of removable devices previously installed from the disk drives.
How to use usb drives with windows 98.
This enables the use of usb flash drives in windows 98.
If you are just going to use usb with windows 98 and not with native ms dos programs run from ms dos 7 1 then this is all you need.
On my machine this installs without an issue and recognises many flash drive devices.
Windows 98se with usb support note drive e ii for ms dos 7 1 also adding cd rom support.
Still better than nothing.
Times have changed a lot since the times of w98 and one of those changes is.
Open device manager right click my computer properties device manager and remove all drivers for usb flash drives.