Sony MPF82E User Manual

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The USB Floppy Disk Drive is a
portable floppy disk drive compatible
with Windows and Macintosh systems,
connected and powered through a USB
interface.

The USB Floppy Disk Drive package
contains the following:

• MPF88E/MPF82E USB Floppy Disk

Drive

• Operating Instructions (this guide)
• USB Floppy Disk Drive Device

Driver CD-ROM

The USB Floppy Disk Drive requires the
following minimum system
configuration:

• PC/AT compatible personal computer

– Preinstalled Windows 98, Windows

2000 Professional, Windows Me, or
Windows XP

– USB port
– CD-ROM drive (or device that can

read CD-ROM)

• Macintosh system

– Power Mac G4, G4 Cube, iMac,

iBook, PowerBook G4

– Preinstalled Mac OS 8.6, Mac OS 9

or later, Mac OS X 10.1 or later

• Mac OS X 10.0 does not support this

drive.

• With Mac OS X, format floppy disks

with the “Erase” command of the Disk
Utility and select the “Mac OS
Standard” format.

• Mac OS X cannot format unformatted

floppy disks.

– USB port (USB connector on

Macintosh computer)

The USB Floppy Disk Drive supports
the following floppy disks:

• Windows

– 2DD (720 KB)
– 2HD (1.44 MB)

• Macintosh

– 2DD (720 KB)
– 2HD (1.44 MB)
– 2HD (Mac standard format)