Win 98 compatibility

Hi,
I am planning to buy this model WDBVXC0030HWT. I have a machine that still works with Win98 (for technical reasons I cannot get rid of it). Would my Win98 machine see the WD my Cloud?

The My Cloud Home is not a traditional NAS. In order to Mount and access the private user space you have to install the WD Discovery application. This app is not supported on Win98

There is also the ability to access the device using a web browser though www.mycloud.com. You may be able to use that to access files from the Win98 computer but with an OS that old you may run into issues.

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Removed my initial response, as @drlucky gave a much better reply here at the same time I was posting.

Please also keep in mind that Windows 98 is extremely insecure by today’s standards. You shouldn’t even put it online in my humble opinion because it could potentially open your entire network to malicious code and bad actors.

Thank you very much