Howdy, If you can read files from the flash drive, there are two reasons I have seen why writing fails. The most common is that you have too many files in the root directory. Flash drives typically are formatted with a FAT filesystem of some kind. When you format a FAT drive(FAT16 or FAT32 or whatever), you specify how many files are allowed in the root directory. Different Flash manufacturers may have picked different values, so I can't tell you what the limit is. Directories on a FAT drives can have as many files as will fit. Only the root directory is limited. The next most common failure is a failing flash drive. Flash drives typically fail to write as the first failure mode. They can usually still be read fine. Your situation may be something else, since I don't know why you don't see the flash drive as an option. Good luck, Ralph
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009, Stephen Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recently I tried to save a photo from a website to a Flash Drive and > > it won't let me > > I can see the Flash Drives on my Desktop but when I click "Save Image > > As" it only show this for options for where to put it: Home, > > Documents, iDisk and Desktop > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
