ZIP disk going between computer and MPC

ok i am going to buy a ZIP disk full of samples of SP-1200. i was wondering if i connect my ZIP drive to my computer and use the ZIP disk on my computer to add and take away samples, will it mess it up? Cause i heard somewhere that if i take a zip drive from mpc to comp, it gets messed up.

From what I understand, if you're running Windows/XP, you should have no issues moving files around between the two machines.

If you're using a Mac running OSX, then you may have issues.

not if you format in fat16 in OS-X and stick to 8 or less character names for the sample and the folders, then you have no problems.

And i thought you had to worrry about XP rewriting over the file alllocation table in track 0 of the zip, in essence making that zip a huge mess of files??

maybe im wrong on the XP part, but if your on OS-X, format to fat or fat16 they are the same thing, and stick to 8 or less charaters in the name. and keep one or zip labeled zips for transfers only. you should never risk a zip that has the only copy of your PGM files on it ever!

Rob

thefirehooligan wrote:format to fat or fat16 they are the same thing, and stick to 8 or less charaters in the name. and keep one or zip labeled zips for transfers only. you should never risk a zip that has the only copy of your PGM files on it ever!

Rob

That would the ticket right there.

thefirehooligan wrote:format to fat or fat16 they are the same thing, and stick to 8 or less charaters in the name. and keep one or zip labeled zips for transfers only. you should never risk a zip that has the only copy of your PGM files on it ever!

Rob

best damn advice ever, I wish i read this about a year ago b4 I lost the summer of what I laid down on zip

It's been HERE VVVVV forever, lol.

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I haven't noticed any major issues beyond browsing files on the MPC and I'm running OSX. I do make sure to keep my folder and file names eight characters or under.

I am however going to get another disk for saving my work that will never see the computer as I've read this advice in another thread.

Lampdog wrote:It's been HERE VVVVV forever, lol.

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yea I know, I am a total lame, just for not even backing my shit up, in the first place. somebody warned me about zips too but I was just happy to have a mpc that I overlooked what might go wrong. last year I never even heard of this site and i didn't do my homework when it came to looking up issues.I was feeling like zips were the best thing since slice bread compared to floppies. I never knew that you could install card readers in white old 2000xl's. this forum ,the midicase link you posted and a sample king dvd guided me into my education to be comfortable using the 2kxl