IDE/ATAPI-to-paralle didnot work in XP

> Dear all,
>
> Please help point me to a right direction.
>
> I got an external HDD connected to my old Win98 laptop:
> via parallel port (LTP) and device driver is AOKIDE ver.
> 2.76 (IDE/ATAPI-to-parallel).
>
> My problem is that I am trying to connect the external
> HDD to my new WinXP computer to access to my old data on
> the external storage. But I couldn't. The AOKIDE is not
> for WinXP.
>
> The question is how i can be able to read my old external
> storage device from a win XP computer.
>
> I greatly appreciate for any advices that you can provide.
>
> Vinh