I purchased this Floppy Disc Drive to use with my Windows 7 Computer. My Computer won't read my Mac formatted Disc ?
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I used a version of this floppy drive with Windows 8 system to read some of previous files made on IBM compatible computers. Some of the files could not been read. Your MAC format layout is different than what your Windows 7 System requires.
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I think it will only read PC formatted disk. The PC and MAC file formats were very different years ago when floppy disc were popular.
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Windows does not read Mac formatted dis as far as I know. I have an external floppy drive that I use with Windows 7 Pro for my wives use in the law office. There is nothing in the specs that says that it will allow Windows to read Mac formatted disc. Sorry
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A floppy is not used with windows 7, windows XP and before use a floppy for formatting. To format with windows 7 & 8, you use a CD and this may not work with Mac. Burn a CD from your floppy and see if your Mac will accept that.Charles,
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I wish I could help, I have windows 7, took it out of the box plugged it in to my comp and was able to read my floppys. Worked perfect.
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I have the same question but it looks like the drive does not support Mac based on the spec on this page: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html
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I wouldn't take a chance. It was supposed to work on my Imac and it read CD's and DVD's but wouldn't burn a DVD. I got a new drive from Apple and it works like a charm. I don't trust this product.
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sorry, i really dont know. i use mac osx 10.6.8. from what i've read on it you can get drivers/format it for windows, but i'm not sure which.
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This is compatible with Mac. It will read the drive from iMac. There is not included Mac Software however. But it works fine at the hardware level.
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If you format the drive for the Mac, it will NOT be recognized by the PC. This is a limitation of the Windows operating system. It does not recognize Mac formatting. If you format the drive for the PC, though, you will be able to use it on BOTH platforms. Mac OSX will recognize PC formatted drives. You will be able to read and write to the drive from either your Mac OR your PC and transfer files between them. [Note: You will NOT, however, be able to run the PC software that's included with this drive on your Mac, unless you are using a program like Bootcamp or Virtual PC. While OSX will read and write Windows-formatted files, it will NOT run Windows programs on its own without one or another third-party helper programs. Hope this helps - RJLaue
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Yes. If you format the drive to NTFS, the PC will be able to write and read the drive, and the Mac will be able to read it (but not write to it). Your best bet, if you want to be able to read and write on both PC and Mac, format the drive in exFAT (NOT FAT32, since this is an outdated file type).
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Yes, the external floppy drive works fine with my W8.1 desktop. Haven't had to use it on my W7 laptop but think it should be fine.
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I do not have windows 8. This I will say, all previous OS'S with a usb connection will recognize the drive. The floppy disc contents will open if the file association to a program is installed on your computer.
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Can't help with any specific advice as I am using my drive with a Mac, but I can't see why there would be a problem. If you received a drive pre-formatted for a Macintosh, then doubtless, you need to use a Windows program to reformat it. Good Luck!
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I'm a Mac user not Windows. However, I believe it does not matter what system you are running as long as it's formatted correctly.
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All external drives will work with either a P C or a Mac If it does not say MAC or FOR MAC OR MAC ready then you may have to reformat the drive before you can use it.If you are not familiar with reformatting a drive, then get one that says its for the MAC then you know it will work for sure.
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If you have a PC, you will generally format this drive using the NTFS file system. A Mac can only read NTFS formatted drives, but can not write to them.If you format this drive to FAT32, both PC and Mac will be able to read/write to it.*the limitations of FAT32 however, prevent a single file size being greater than 4Gb
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Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it back in and then drag and drop your files. It works perfectlyHope this helps! Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it... » Read More Ok this is how I enabled it to work on my Mac and it also works on my Windows computer:Well I figured it out for all those of you who need to format this for a MAC.Open your Disk Utility and find the Drive WD External HADD... Click on it once and you will see options on the right.Hit the button on top called PARTITION. Where it says VOLUME INFORMATION, change the name to something like 'backup' or whatever name you choose, and then where it says FORMAT, hit the drop down menu and choose MS-DOS FATHit APPLY. Let it run thru it's thing. Then eject the drive. Plug it back in and then drag and drop your files. It works perfectlyHope this helps! « Show Less
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The first thing you have to do is to make sure that the drive is set to the format your MAC uses. It should work perfectly fine.
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I was able to transfer all of my floppys to my computer using this drive. You should be able to then transfer or burn them to cd or dvd.