You need to have either a version of Toast that works with your computer and drive (and even with Toast, I'm not sure you won't get the same result with a blank cdr/w) or Apple's Disk Burner software (which does do what you want: pop a blank disk in and have it mount as an empty disk to put files on) but that, iirc, requires OS 9. (and it may not recognize that new drive even then, though you can hack drivers for DIsk Burner)
That's what I concluded. I Google-searched all over for an earlier version of Toast, but no go. So, I ordered an OS 9.1 disk from OWC this morning. Guess I'l have to take my chances on an install on top of my OS 8.6 and hope I don't lose all my data. And also hope it works. I heard offlist from someone else that USB 2 devices won't work on Macs.
Rock, meet Hard Place. Hard Place, Rock.
Tell me about it...
The only thing that keeps me going is that I have two PeeCee laptops (for amateur radio digital communications) with problems which make Mac problems comparable to Kindergarten stuff.
Thanks! Fred
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