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Mac OS 9 doesn't see floppies
« on: February 07, 2026, 02:35:45 PM »
I have a Power Macintosh 7200 with System 7 and Mac OS 9 installed. System 7 can see floppies and knows when I put one in. Mac OS 9 freezes up when I put one in. It's not the disk. I've tried a bunch of them. I can force quit finder, but it never shows floppies. What's going on?
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Re: Mac OS 9 doesn't see floppies
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2026, 10:55:25 PM »
That is strange behavior. I use Mac OS 9 all the time to write floppies for my IIci and it works well. But I use a Mac Mini G4 and a cheap external USB disk drive. Do you have Macsbug installed? I suppose not - try installing it and let's have a look what it says when that happens.
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