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From: "R/J O'Brien" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] scanned picture list names of people
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 12:44:09 -0600
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Thanks for correcting me Terry. I had the numbers right, but the "Fats & Bits mixed up"
:-(. I know my 32 Bit scanner system won't scan into TMG, but there is a fix, but I
choose to leave it set up as it is in my computer.

Dick....

Terry Reigel wrote:

> R/J O'Brien wrote:
>
> > I think I saw that if you have FAT 32 on your Harddrive, you need to do something
> > else to make the scan work into TMG. TMG is set up for FAT16. Unless you have
> > Partion Magic or a similiar product you cannot convert back to FAT 16 from FAT
> > 32. Never made the change on my computer, so I never tried it. Maybe someone
> > else has made the required changes and got it to work.
>
> The scanning issue with TMG has nothing to do with FAT32 or FAT16. These have to do
> with how the segments of files on you hard drive is numbered.
>
> The scanner issue with TMG is related to use of 16-bit or 32-bit scaner drivers. That
> only relates to scanning directy from TMG (using the Acquire/Scan button on the
> Exhibit-Image Screen), since TMG is a 16-bit program and most users now have 32-bit
> drivers on their systems. If you do the scans outside TMG, you should be able to
> attach the resulting images to TMG if you want without problem.
>
> Terry Reigel

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