[Ham-Computers] External USB Hard Drive - Work on an Older Computer?

[Jim Hill]

Will an external USB hard drive work on Win 98/ME and older XP 
computers?  I've heard the original USB ports didn't work very well and 
gradually improved over the years, but don't know when they were 
"adequate". Will there be problems with the version? I'm using optical mice 
which use v1.0 (I think), and assume USB 2.x is used for external hard drives.

I see plenty of ad's for complete external hard drives, but is a unit 
available where you provide the actual drive? I have some extra drives 
available. They work fine; I kept them when I purchased larger drives.

Thanks, Jim