Incorrect Date Created on USB Flash Disk files

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Incorrect Date Created on USB Flash Disk files

Incorrect Dated created of: 01/01/1904 appears on all files that I transfer onto my USB flash disks. This wrecks havoc when comparing creation dates over three computers.

Does anyone know of a fix or perhaps a better forum to list this in?

Using MAc OSX10.6 on an IMAC Power PC and no name brand USB flash Disks.

Imac 20" Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Apr 19, 2006 8:26 PM

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Answer 1

Niel

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Apr 19, 2006 8:43 PM in response to John Cadogan

If all the computers you are using the USB disk with are Macs, drag anything on the flash drive that you want to keep onto your hard disk, and then use the Disk Utility in your /Applications/Utilities/ folder to format the drive into one of the Mac OS Extended formats; if you will be using the drive with Mac OS 9, additional instructions are required.

If you will be using the drive with a PC but don't need to access those files from a PC, use the Disk Utility to create a blank disk image in one of the Mac formats, and place the files onto the disk image. Drag the disk image to the USB drive.

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John Cadogan Author

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Apr 25, 2006 12:22 AM in response to Niel

Thanks Niel

That has fixed the problem.

Is there any way of having correct dates and Windows compatibility for the odd time I want to copy the files to a PC?

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