win 98 (non SE) usb drivers

My wife has an old laptop running win 98 v1. I want to get files off of it but the USB drivers were apparently not installed by Compaq (the OEM). Does anyone know of a generic USB driver/bridge collection to work on Windows 98 (non SE version) so that I can access mass storage devices (flash card, external drive, etc)?

barring getting the USB to work, i’ll begrudgingly load win 2000 or xp but I’d like to avoid that hassle.

thanks

eric