Flash Drive Mounting Problem

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  1. hazfed, Jan 24, 2005

    hazfed macrumors newbie

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    I have a G4 desktop and a G3 powerbook operating on OS 9.2.2.

    Neither computers will mount either of the two flash drives I have. The system profiler identifies them but the computer fails to mount them. I'm trying to transfer files between my PC and my Mac.

    Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks

    Bernie
     
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  2. wrldwzrd89, Jan 24, 2005

    wrldwzrd89 macrumors G5

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    Often times this is caused by the format of the flash drive being incompatible with Mac OS X. Mount the flash drives on your PC and check their formats by getting their properties. If the format is anything other than FAT (FAT16, FAT32, etc.), make it FAT and try again.
     
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  3. hazfed, Jan 24, 2005

    hazfed thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Flash Drive Problems

    Thanks, I checked the drive profile and it is FAT. I'm using OS 9.2.
     
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  4. wrldwzrd89, Jan 24, 2005

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    I would suggest formatting the Flash drive for Windows on one of the Macs if you were using Mac OS X - I'm not sure about the formatting capabilities of pre-Mac OS X operating systems, since I've long since abandoned Mac OS 9 and the Classic environment. Can anyone that does use Mac OS 9 help me (and the original poster)?
     
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