Windows 98/USB 1 Question

[benklop]

I have a 3rd gen 20gb iPod that I would like to hook up to a laptop so that I can use it as an external hard drive to store data on as the laptop's hard drive alone is inadequate. The laptop has Windows 98 and no firewire, only USB. Is there anyway for me to use it? I bought iPod connector to USB 2 cable. Is it backwards compatible with USB 1? I understand that it will be pretty slow transfering files, but is it possible?

[honeybee1236]

As far as I know the iPod does not work with Windows 98 but will work with Win 98SE. Since you are not trying to sync it to the computer, it might work as a HD on Win 98 but I'm not sure it will ge problem free. The USB info is located here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93339