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PC format disk on Mac
Name: Les May Date: October 22, 2002 at 09:45:28 Pacific OS: 9.2.1 CPU/Ram: G3 256mb
Comment:
I have to save a website to disk that can be read by P.C. no problem you think make a Hybrid CD can be read by both! but no, the test PC running Windows 2000 brings up the disk all the files show but not the dot extensions, but it says they are html files in the header and if you try to open the files via IE5 you get D:\index.html but if you try opening it, you get a page in the browser saying Page cannot be displayed. Any suggestions?
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