I'm going to transfer some large files from a Windows 95-computer to my G4.

I've got an older Conner HDD which I've tried to install for a couple of days ago.

But I got problems:
I can format the HDD, and then it shows up on the desktop, but after a reboot the HDD-icon is gone. Why?

If the problem above can be solved, can I format this drive with FAT-32 or FAT-16 file system, copy my files and then read them on MacOS or VirtualPC 3.0?

[John_Engels]

When you reboot, do you fully shut down and then restart the computer, or do you do a cold restart? Sometimes there occur glitches that can only be resolved through a shutdown and restart. I have a hard drive that inconsistently disappears, but I can always get it back on the desktop in this way.

I do occasionally transfer large files from a PC disk to the Mac and vise versa. What I do is connecting the PC disk using the connector of the internal hard disk and startup the computer using an external SCSI hard disk. Then I could copy the files from the PC disk to the external SCSI hard disk and vise versa.

I found that Mac OS 9 and earlier versions can mount FAT16 PC disks but only Mac OS 9 can mount FAT32 hard disks. I am not sure about ATA/66 disks but my pre-G3 Power Mac can mount ATA/33 without adding anything to it.