i have windows 98 installed and i bought an external hard drive for this computer a while back. but now i have lost the driver disc for the external drive. unfortuneatly, i dont know the model number on this drive. i found a number on the circuit board that attaches to the hard drive and the number is "USB2.0-811-9091" the hard drive enclosure is purple and its just a bit bigger than the drive itself. when i got it, it didnt have a hard drive in it either. i payed 15 dollars for it, but i would really like it if i could get my hands on like a universal driver like whats in windows XP, because this drive loads up under XP with no drivers on than XP's own. thank you for reading this, and please help if you can. thanks.

With no info on the model and not muck clue about what is is other than purple you are unlikely to find any drivers. How does Windows XP identify it? You can avoid many of these Windows problems with Linux. Linspire eases the transition for new users

sorry, i found the driver disc after 4 hours of searching, lol. oh well, i got the drive working perfectly. thanks for the response GXI man.

spiritwalker, I know you are sorted, but for posterity's sake, I have had good luck with this free Universal USB Mass Storage driver: (you'll have to paste it back together) http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?s =3a38cc8e98230355c3f2f6f06c212ba2&showtopic =43605 Bruce