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At 08:45 PM 2/15/00 +0200, Brian Durant wrote:
>My problem is as follows. I format a DOS floppy on my Apple PowerBook 1400
>and then put it in my kids IBM Aptiva and get a message that the floppy
>wasn't formatted. I then format it on the Aptiva, put in my PB, copy the
>file and then put the floppy in the Aptiva - same message. The Aptiva has
>MacDrive installed, so I reformatted the floppy on my PB for Mac and got the
>same message on the Aptiva again! Ideas anyone? (Win 98 SE, MacDrive 98 and
>DataViz Conversions Plus 5.0)
Have you tried putting that floppy into any other computer?
My first guess is that one of the floppy drives is out of
alignment - most likely the Aptiva, since the Mac is able to read the
floppy from the PC w/o problems (and the Mac has a more flexible drive).
Leonard
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