I Can't load .wav files from my computer to the MPC!!!

I can load files that I have saved on and mpc formatted disk, but when I try to load .wav files I have saved on a floppy from my computer the filenames look like gibberish and the files won't load. What could the problem be?

rule number one.... never format your disks in the mpc... making disk mpc formatted makes it impossible for windows xp to read...it... i've been told that you able to reformat it back to pc standards on a win 98 or lower pc.... win xp won't even let you reformat to pc standards....
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.when ever you purchase new floppies or zips.... just leave them the way they are.... you'll never have problems if its in pc standard.... i think i repeated my self....lol

Not quite true - XP formats disks fine, all my disks are formatted in XP and my MPC reads them no problem.

A default XP installation will not read MPC disks because the default is to format your hard drive with an NTFS file system. If instead you choose to use a FAT32 file system then XP will read your MPC formatted disks fine. Partition Magic can be used to convert an NTFS system to FAT32, although this may be a little excessive just to be able to read MPC disks.

The disk that I was using to load wavs from my comp was never mpc formatted. I just said it saved and loaded the mpc formatted disks to show that the floppy drive was working properly.

also, i forgot to add. I'm using windows 98 not XP. The disk was in FAT file format, and the .wav files were PCM, 44,100Hz, 16-bit. If that matters.

Explain what you mean by gibberish - give a before and after example of the file names.

before= snare.wav
after = *(^&%#(&. *@@#

alot of the characters used arent even on the keyboard, thats just the best example I could give.

I also did an experiment today where I sampled a sound on the mpc. Then saved it as a wav on an IBM formatted disk. I took the disk from the mpc to the computer, and the computer could read the disk fine. Then I added a wav file from my computer to the disk. I put the disk back in the mpc and neither of the two files would load. It said "disk read error"

Tht's not usual behaviour. SOunds like either your disk file system is corrupt, or you have a strong magnetic field near your zip drive or SCSI cable etc - computer monitors and speakers are a common culprit.

actually I just found out my system is FAT16 not FAT32, will that make a difference.

I still haven't figured this problem out, any ideas?

Bad computer floppy? Quite common for floppies to read but not write correctly.