iPod and Win98!!! Yes it´s possible (HOW TO)!!!!

[ecxit]

Hi, to all Windows 98 users.

Yes it is true, each iPod of the third generation or higher can be connected to a Windows 98 PC and be pursued normally.

How you can do this???

First step:

You must download an USB driver for your iPOD.
You find this under the following link:

http://republika.pl/mho/ipod/index.shtml

After you have downloaded the driver (do not install the driver yet), connect your iPOD with the USB cable to your PC. When you then start the hardware assistant it will recognize your iPOD. Now you can install the downloaded driver.
After the installation you have to reboot your PC.

Second step:

When your PC has rebooted you should look in the Explorer. Your Windows 98 PC recognizes your iPOD now as a change data medium.
But to be able to use your iPOD the last thing is to download the Freeware program "Yamipod".
"Yamipod" is a strongly simplified conversion from iTunes for Windows 98. To download follow this link:

http://www.yamipod.com

After you have now downloaded the program, you only have to connect your iPOD with the PC and start the program "Yamipod".

If you still have any questions post them here!



Have fun and enjoy it....

Ciao Bastian

[able2roll]

my computer doesn't recognize my ipod is there at all.when i plug it in, nothing happens, and when i go under control panel to add new hardware, it can't find the ipod.i tried that driver...it unzipped to my desktop but i haven't seen it run or do anything else.what am i doing wrong, or is my computer just screwed up?

[MBHockey]

Did you actually try installing the driver?

[ecxit]

do you maybe have an mac formated ipod????

[able2roll]

no...it was formatted with my newer hp pc that has windows xp...im not sure how to install the driver.i opened the file from a disc onto my computer and unpacked it to my desktop, but it never brought up a driver inquiry.and when i plug in my ipod, it searchs for plug and play devices, then says it cant find any, and to select my device from a list.what do i do?

[able2roll]

i should add that it doesnt prompt anything when i plug in my pod, i actually have to go under the control panel and select add new hardware.

[ecxit]

when you have an windows xp computer, why don´t you install itunes with its own drivers???

[thundergroove]

i used my ipod with a Win98 machine without doing any of that. I just plugged it in and there it was.

[able2roll]

i have itunes on my xp computer, and thats my primary computer for transferring music since it came with built in firewire card and a highspeed usb, but i have my other computer which i have programs like flash mx and adobe photoshop on,and i want to use my ipod as a storage device for those programs.i dont want to crap up my new computer with those programs cause they take so much space, so i need a way to get my ipod to work on that pc

[ohm]

If you connect iPod and nothing happens and "Add new hardware" in Control Panel doesn't make it too, just reset (not reformat) your iPod. That's easy: http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n61705

[BlankaM]

Basically the only reason the iPod doesn't work officially for Windows 98 is theres no real Mass Storage Driver for windows 98. That's it. If you have a mass storage driver enabled for windows 98 like you probably do if you have an external drive or use some particular brands of camera, then chances are you can run your ipod on it.

I believe Microsoft provide, unofficially, a usb mass storage driver. And then you can run your ipod in disk mode and use Yamipod for example.