Re: MacOS 7.1 Question

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> What happened isn't too obvious because it involves invisible
> folders. When you move a file from a floppy or hard drive onto
> the desktop all you're doing is moving it to an invisible folder
> called "Desktop Folder" . So of course when you remove the disk,
> you're removing that invisible folder. If you want to copy the
> contents of a disk to a hard drive either just drag the floppies
> icon onto the HDs icon or open the floppy and drag the contents onto
> the HD icon(this second method doesn't copy any of the floppies files
> that are on the desktop since you can't select an invisible folder)

Of course when you drag the floppy icon to the HD, then it copies
it's contents into a folder on the HD of the same name as the label
on the floppy. I usually prefer this if I want the entire floppy on the
HD, but if I only want a certain file, then I open it first.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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