Hi,
This may be of help.
Sysinternals - NTFS for Windows 98:
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/ntfswin98.shtml

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Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
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> How can I use external 40 gig hard drive formatted with
> nfts (windows xp) with windows 98 laptop-it keeps asking
> me to format it. I don't want to loose my files which are
> on the external drive. Please help.
>
> Thanks