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Re: [disklavier] HELP! Computer and Disklavier Floppies not compatible.

2002-03-19 by PianoBench@aol.com

Good evening, everyone.

In a message dated 3/19/02 12:15:22 PM, chicagograssroots@... writes:

<< Hi.  My wife and I just bought a used 1995 MX100 disklavier.  It 
uses the old 720k disks and when I format them in the disklavier 
unit, the computer won't recognize them as formatted or allow me to 
download files onto it.  Whats the trick?  Or is there no way to 
download onto older disks? >>

The suggestion that you received to format the disk on the PC first is a good 
one. Note, however, that if you format on a Windows computer, you must be 
careful to tell the computer that you are formatting a 720K disk as the 
computer does not seem to recognize the type of disk by its physical 
attributes. A Macintosh will format it correctly if you choose the PC option.

Regards,
PianoBench

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