Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

ms-dos

  1. Alvin777

    Any Way to Boot FreeDOS, MS-DOS 6.22, 7.1 or MS-DOS 8 (if that Exists) Off an Intel Mac?

    Hello MacRumor, Apple and Mac friends. Is there any way to make FreeDOS, MS-DOS 6.22, 7.1 or MS-DOS 8 (if a real DOS mode, standalone of version 8 exists) boot on the Mac, specifically an iMac, be it off an internal Mac drive, external one, CD/DVD or via network (external drive like a USB-A...
    • Alvin777
    • Thread
    • boot external usb drive freedos mac ms-dos
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: iMac
  2. Z

    usb drive MS-DOS FAT formatting

    Im trying to play a movie on my smart tv using a usb drive. Ive formatted it as MS-DOS FAT but the drive isnt found on the smart tv. Ive also formatted other usb drives by the same method and th drive isnt recognised in Windows 7. Im beginning to think that maybe Disk Utility isnt formatting the...
    • zoran
    • Thread
    • ms-dos usb drive
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS
  3. rallemussen

    Get files from a fat12 usb to my macbook

    Hi! I just found an old flash drive from old my old phone. I want to get the pics from the card to my macbook. But how? When I open it in finder it seems to be empty, but when I open the info window in finder it says that it's almost full and it's a MS-Dos fat12 format. How do I get the files...
  4. E

    Reformatting SD card - Permissions Denied

    Hello! I am trying to put music on there new micro SDs I bought yesterday, but it won't let me. I read online that I should reformat them with Disk Utility, so I did and it worked with one of them but won't work on the other. I checked the permissions lock on the SD card converter and is is...
  5. T

    "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer"

    I have 2 hard drives which I copy all my Final Cut Pro projects to. I use these drives with Windows 10 as well, so they are in exFAT. One of the drives now comes up with this message when I boot up: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." It gives options to Initialize...
Top Bottom