> I've tried transferring a Word file using a floppy disk to a PC > running Windows 98. I used a disk that was formatted on the PC, put > it into the 1400, and it shows up as a PC disk. Dragged the Word > file to it. Ejected and put it into the PC's A drive. When I try to > open it, the PC says the disk is not formatted and can't open it. > I've tried formatting it with the 1400 as a DOS disk. Same story. > Copying a file to the disk on the 1400 destroys the disk's ability to > be read on a PC. Have tried it with several PCs, all with the same > effect.
Ha! Someone else has observed this problem! The interesting thing is that the disks were readable in a *DOS* based PC, not in Windows 2000. Windows complained about the disk, but DOS didn't care. At the time I had this happen, I was running 8.1 on my 1400. Since then, I've upgraded to 9.1, but I haven't had to exchange data since. I got around the problem by using the DOS PC as an intermediary and putting the file there, then formatting a PC on the DOS system and copying the file to that. The Windows machine would accept it then. Write-protecting the disk prevented the disk from being munged, so I think it has to do with the extra data structures PC File Exchange puts on the floppy to manage resource forks and such. Again, this might be cured in 9.1. I haven't tried since the upgrade, since all the PCs I own run DOS, not Windows. -- ----------------------------- personal page: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ -- Cameron Kaiser, Point Loma Nazarene University * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Murphy's Law is recursive. Washing your car to make it rain doesn't work. -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
