Have you tried formatting the disk in the Plus and _then_ putting it in the PowerMac??
**Yes I format in the PLUS and put it into the PowerMac at work and it reads the disk and writes to it with no problems. The problem is when the disk goes back to the PLUS. >>Marten wrote: you can still move them to the trash, you can't delete them until you reboot, but you can switch to the other machine and reboot, which will rebuild them in the format the "other" version of the mac os likes. as i recall some of the older mac os's don't like the desktop files built by newer os's. of course this will take up space on the disk for the ***I am confused by all this?!?! So should move the desktop folders/files on the powermac to the trash before or after putting my disk in?, copy my files and then take the disk to the PLUS? Can I restore the desktop on the Powermac afterwards, as it is a workstation at my office, which would not go over well with my coworkers if all was deleted. Do I have to trash anything on the PLUS once I put the disk in? Thanks for all your advice, David _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
