WD Element 1 TB on Windows 98SE system

Please check it:
Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management (please run as administrator; right click it), Disk Management. What is the information of your 1 TB hard drive? Is there any unallocated space?

- try plug in a normal usb port (usb2)


- try open up the device manager, look for your WD and delete it.
then unplug and plug back.

try goto control panels->administrative tools->computer management->disk management
and see if your wd appears there. if yes, try change the drive letter assignment.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263218

Some info on 98se and USB issues. You should not need a usb driver if the usb port in your computer is already functioning properly. The only inconvenience you will have is your drive will work at the slower speed provided by the usb 1.1 standard.


The link below describes step by step installation of your drive in 98se

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/speciallinks/gb/vkg/source/FHD1.pdf

Maybe it's a power issue. Try a shorter usb cord or try a different usb port. If you are using an usb hub, try to connect the hard disk straight to the pc.

Go to Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management Then go into Disk Management. Hopefully you will see a drive with a capacity of about 480 GB (plus or minus), that's your disk.
Right click on it and select change drive letter and change the drive letter to something that isn't in use.
If that doesn't work or it doesn't show up, go into the Device Manager from the Computer Management screen and see if there is anything under disk drives with a yellow or red symbol next to it. If so, right click it, select uninstall, then unplug the disk drive and plug it back in.

External hard drives don't need any program installed on your computer to run. Your operating system Windows, Linux should handle it as soon as you plug the usb in your computer. The programs included in your WD external hard drive are tools to backup your data.

If you try to hook up your hard drive to a Windows prior to XP, maybe your computer will not handle it.

It is always safer to safely remove your drive using the green arrow icon in the lower right corner of your screen. This way, the drive is shut down properly and you minimize chances of fails when you plug it again on another computer.

Hope this helps!

Open My Computer.
Click with the SECOND (usually the RIGHT) mouse-button on the icon for the WD drive.
Click Properties.
Click Tools.
Click Check Disk for errors.
Choose the option to let Windows "fix" the errors.

if the disk is not in Computer Management then the disk has a major problem. it should be there but in black because u need to initialize it.

Hmmm sounds like corrupt install or possibly the bad drive....or the disk you are trying to read is bad


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Sound card driver for
Realtek AC97 Audio CODECs Driver v4.06 Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003(x32/x64)
http://www.opendrivers.com/driver/286655/realtek-ac97-audio-codecs-driver-v4.06-windows-98se-me-2000-xp-2003(x32-x64)-free-download.html