If you dual boot your PC with one of the popular Linux Distros, you may find that old HW that new versions of Windows rejects, works fine.

That is a generalization - one can try one of the Live Distros - you don't need to install, it just runs from the CD or DVD - and save the scanned files to a USB stick or USB portable HD.

At least you don't have to trash a perfectly working piece of hardware, and it costs little but time.

Manufacturers are reluctant to create drivers for old HW - of which there will be relatively few - for new OSes. They would prefer to sell a new item anyway. Linux often has people who write their own such drivers and share them. They then usually continue to work with new versions of the OS.