A very simple query
Hey all. About to get a Macbook and have a question, which I suspect you'll all find a bit simple...
I currently have an external USB floppy disk drive for a PC laptop and understand that this will easily work with a Macbook. My question is: are floppy disks formatted the same way for PCs and for Macs? I'm hoping to shift basic Word documents between MS Office for Mac and MS Office for Windows using a floppy disk (networking and USB key drives are not options). Will this be possible? (I read somewhere that hard drives on Macs and PCs use different file formats).
Thanks for your help!
I currently have an external USB floppy disk drive for a PC laptop and understand that this will easily work with a Macbook. My question is: are floppy disks formatted the same way for PCs and for Macs? I'm hoping to shift basic Word documents between MS Office for Mac and MS Office for Windows using a floppy disk (networking and USB key drives are not options). Will this be possible? (I read somewhere that hard drives on Macs and PCs use different file formats).
Thanks for your help!
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Don't try and use Apple's Disk Utility to format floppies, as I've had pretty much a 100% failure rate when I've tried to reformat them (to any format actually). Don't know why this is.
I'm not being a dick, I'm serious. People still use floppys?
I haven't seen a floppy disc in a few years... people still use them?
I'm not being a dick, I'm serious. People still use floppys?
I live with my grandparents and they used to back up all their finance data on several floppies. I recently showed them how to use CDs. It was quite entertaining.
I haven't seen a floppy disc in a few years... people still use them?
I'm not being a dick, I'm serious. People still use floppys?
Oh, I wish I could say the same. We have two imagers here at work, both that are still running Windows 95. No USB support, no network access. I've gone through several 1.44MB disks already.
I cannot quantify how much I hate them.
Oh, I wish I could say the same. We have two imagers here at work, both that are still running Windows 95. No USB support, no network access. I've gone through several 1.44MB disks already.
I cannot quantify how much I hate them.
Wow... Win95? I don't know what I'd do at work without being able to access my network drives or transfer files via USB. You must have a lot of patience.