#Do NOT buy an ONN. USB 3.0 drive

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lilac kestrel
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Do not buy this, I ran Windows 98 From USB, and am using it to install Windows 2000 Beta 3 Build 2000 on my USB 3.0 Drive, its been 45 Mins and what should have tooken 2 mins is only 75% done, never buy an ONN. USB 3.0 drive
even my lost ONN USB 2.0 drive was faster

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DVD+Rs and DVD-Rs are also faster

regal sable
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its a walmart usb

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id just stop there

lilac kestrel
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meh

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also your server kind dead

regal sable
grave plinth
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I remember some retro install video YouTuber say old windows installer make bootleneck

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Did your check with crystalbenchmark

tough karma
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Walmart's ONN brand is well-known for just recycling Lexar silicon that didn't meet Lexar's yields, so it's pretty low quality, hence the savings... Definitely spend good money on reliable flash storage. a 256GB M.2 SATA with an M.2 SATA enclosure won't set you back very much at all, and you'll have a large speed and reliability benefit over standard USB drives.

past current
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I put this together (for backup, but no reason it wouldn't Medicat nicely) $70 (now $59) SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe $25 ORICO Aluminium NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure USB3.2 Gen2 with hard-sided case. (big Samsung SSD/NVMe fan, although I'm open to other very reliable brands)

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Couldn't be any cheaper than Dell's "Mentor Media" Windows install stick. Normally you can't repurpose these, but I was up to the challenge [of using batsh*t-dangerous untested utilities just to reclaim 8GB] It does work, I keep my HP firmware/recovery/UEFI stuff on it.

tough karma
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Lots of gen 3 NVMe drives are on sale right now, so I highly suggest getting some. I just got a 1TB for $45 on Amazon to upgrade my Macbook Air. (With a $7 OWC to M.2 adapter, of course.)

past current
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My post should've been two diferent posts! (NVMe, then cheapo USB lol)

lilac kestrel
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I would use a SanDisk USB flash drive for transferring files to my 98 PC.

past current
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@lilac kestrel I'm actually intrigued... who is still using Windows 98, and for what purpose? Is there software you really can'y bring into some kind of emulation? But to answer your question, yes, you can plug a flash drive into your 98 PC. I copied off geneology data from a Toshiba Satellite running Win98 onto a 16GB FAT32 flash drive, no problem. Win98 isn'tlikely to read any other modern format.

lilac kestrel
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You'd also need to install a 3rd-party USB 2.0 driver for Windows 98.

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lilac kestrel