Re: MacOS 7.1 Question

["Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 12:26:08 +0000, Chris Alaimo wrote:

>        I know if I ask this in a mac newsgroup I'll get flamed for using
> such an old system.  Using MacOS 7.1, I put a floppy disk into the drive and
> dragged the contents of the disk onto the desktop.  When I eject the disk,
> the stuff disappears.  Did it even actually copy the contents of the disk
> onto the hard drive, or are they just shortcuts.  I want to permanently copy
> the files onto my desktop and have them visible no matter what disk if any
> is in the drive.  I;m trying to use this Mac to make Apple ][ disks, so it's
> kind of Apple ][ related.  Thanks.

The desktop is not equal to the hard drive. It's some kind of virtual
space shared by all mounted disks. Although you dragged your files to
the desktop they are still physically located on the floppy.

You need to first drag your files to the hard drive icon itself, so that
they move physically off of the floppy. Then you can eject your floppy and
move the files from the hard drive window to the desktop if you want to.