Re: MacOS 7.1 Question

["Chris Alaimo" <cpalaimo@excite.com>]

"Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
>

Thanks alot! :)