Reading Windows Floppy disks?

I am in the process of pulling the data off of my collection of floppy disks. A lot of them are the REALLY ancient 800K kind so I am using a Mac Clasic II running System 7.0.1 to access them.

The process is going well but occassionally I/ve run across a PC formatted floppy that the Mac won't read. It just says: This disk is not a Macintosh diskette. Do you want to Initiaize it?

I don't of course.

So how do I give my Classic the ability to access these PC format diskettes?

Gary

Posted on Apr 23, 2012 10:23 AM

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Apr 23, 2012 10:25 AM in response to Gary - former developer

Find and launch Apple File Exchange, and use it to copy the files off.

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Apr 24, 2012 5:21 AM in response to Niel

That's a good suggestion but Apple File Exchange doesn't exist on my standard System 7.0.1 installation. Is it part of an optional install?

Gary

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Apr 24, 2012 9:45 AM in response to Gary - former developer

Gary,

Have a look at the Tidbits system floppy. Apple File Exchange has to be installed separately from that disk.

If you do not have the 7.0.1 system disks, it is possible to download images from Apple.

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_7.0.x/

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English -British/Macintosh/System/System_7.0.1/

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