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by hnick
9/16/06 6:26:47 PM
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New Re: The hardware shouldn't care.
If they are specifying OS for the drive, it may have its own driver. The driver may require OS w2k or newer. If it didn't have a driver, I couldn't see them caring. Sometimes you can get cheap hardware to work on a box by doing some translation or such in a filter driver.

On the other paw, they could have only tested it on w2k and xp so that's all they put on the box. Only one way to find out...
Post #267,772
by Andrew Grygus
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9/16/06 7:06:44 PM
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New It's generally a support issue.
The software, always 3rd party, probably works with Windows 98. Their support staff probably hasn't been "trained" (doesn't have Q&A scripts) for Windows 98. I don't recall ever seeing an IDE/ATA drive that doesn't use the Windows/motherboard drivers under Windows 98 and later.
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     Well, the CD R/W is on its last breath - (lincoln) - (13) - Sept. 15, 2006, 02:22:52 PM EDT
         *cough* - (inthane-chan) - (12) - Sept. 15, 2006, 02:33:31 PM EDT
             wow - (SpiceWare) - (2) - Sept. 15, 2006, 02:39:28 PM EDT
                 The reviews are split - (lincoln) - (1) - Sept. 16, 2006, 05:44:40 PM EDT
                     There are other drives - (SpiceWare) - Sept. 16, 2006, 11:41:55 PM EDT
             And that's not an open-box special? - (drewk) - (2) - Sept. 15, 2006, 05:18:48 PM EDT
                 That's Newegg for ya. :D -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Sept. 15, 2006, 06:25:47 PM EDT
                     Mine *was* Newegg -NT - (drewk) - Sept. 21, 2006, 11:00:34 PM EDT
             The "gotcha" - (lincoln) - (5) - Sept. 16, 2006, 05:34:44 PM EDT
                 The hardware shouldn't care. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 16, 2006, 05:59:54 PM EDT
                     Re: The hardware shouldn't care. - (hnick) - (1) - Sept. 16, 2006, 06:26:47 PM EDT
                         It's generally a support issue. - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 16, 2006, 07:06:44 PM EDT
                     Cool Link! - (lincoln) - Sept. 18, 2006, 02:40:04 PM EDT
                 Don't sweat it. - (inthane-chan) - Sept. 17, 2006, 07:53:31 PM EDT

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