USB Flash Drive Help

Hi gang,
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, but it's the closest forum I could find.
I have an old iMac running Mac OS 8.6, and I need to transfer some files (Appleworks documents, and family pictures) from it to another iMac running OS 10.3.9. They are in different locations, with only dial-up internet access, so I can't transfer files over the internet (easily), or by an ethernet connection.
I have two USB flash drives. The first is an old 128 MB, USB 1.1 drive. The other is an 8 GB, USB 2.0 drive. Neither drive will work on the OS 8.6 machine. When I put the device in the USB port, I get a message:
+'The software needed to use the USB device "USB Drive" cannot be found. Please refer to the device documentation to install the necessary software.'+
The 128 MB drive is so old, I don't have any documentation. I tried looking on the website of the manufacturer for a drive, or something, (the flash drive says Fujifilm on it), but they don't have anything useful.
The 8 GB drive is newer, but didn't come with any instructions or installers (not that I was counting on it to work on this old machine). It's a Verbatim flash drive, and they didn't have any help there.
I tried re-formatting the 128 MB drive to Mac OS Standard. That didn't work. I tried formatting it in Mac OS Extended HFS+. That didn't work.
My question is this, is there a software extension that I could download, it can't be that large of a file for dial-up, that would allow me to use the flash drive on a computer using OS 8.6? I have an OS 9 CD, and I also have a back-up CD of OS 9.2.1. Is it possible there is a driver in the extensions folder there that I could transfer and use in OS 8.6?
I appreciate any and all help.
Thank you.
just a rambling joe

Hi, joe -
...I'm going to replace this iMac's 4GB hard drive with a slightly larger one...
If your iMac has a processor speed less than 350MHz, it is important that you partition the new drive if it is 8GB or larger -
Article #TA22193 - Gray or White Screen After Hard Drive Upgrade
Article #TA20420 - OSX: Disk Appears "Grayed Out" in Installer
...install OS 10.3.9 and OS 9.2...
Important - before attempting to install OSX be sure the firmware has been updated on the iMac; failure to do so can cause loss of video on early iMac models -
Article #HT1395 - Firmware Updates

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