Disk advice!

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 10-10-2009, 12:28 PM

So I have some information on a 3inch Floppy disk that I need. I tried to access it but it said I needed to format the disk. I wonder if its because I'm on a PC as the disk was created on a Mac many moons ago.

Any ideas?

CoasterMatt · 10-10-2009, 12:53 PM

Bring it on over, I can get the info off it

DisneyDaniel · 10-10-2009, 01:06 PM

Exactly what you thought. PCs cannot read data from Mac-formatted 3-inch floppy disks, especially from back then. So, you need to either use an older Mac which has a built-in floppy drive or find an external/removeable 3-inch floppy drive. If you need help with this, I still have a "beige" Mac that worked the last time it was turned on, which was several years ago.

Kevy Baby · 10-10-2009, 02:54 PM

And if not, I have a USB floppy drive which I can plug into my Mac

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DisneyDaniel California Adventurer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 537	Exactly what you thought. PCs cannot read data from Mac-formatted 3-inch floppy disks, especially from back then. So, you need to either use an older Mac which has a built-in floppy drive or find an external/removeable 3-inch floppy drive. If you need help with this, I still have a "beige" Mac that worked the last time it was turned on, which was several years ago. __________________ Yes, I do LOVE Disney California Adventure. Disneyland is not so bad either ;-)
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