Can a floppy formatted for a Mac be used on a PC?

[dunnjt]

A friend recently bought a box of floppies but didn't notice that they were formatted for a Mac. He asked if these floppies could be used on a PC or did they have to be reformatted on a PC before they could be used on a PC?
So the question is this: is a Mac formatted floppy useable on a PC at all or can it be made useable by reformatting on a PC. I am not a Mac user and know nothing about Mac machines so maybe someone has had this experience.
Thanks for any info on this topic,
Jerry D.

 

[ski]

Format one of the floppies on your PC using the 'Full Format' option, and then see if you can make a Windows boot floppy with it in Add/Remove Programs.
If not, then it has to be formatted on a Mac system.

 

[BadBigBen]

Hola,

a MAC formatted floppy cannot be read by a PC (unless it uses a Hardware interface such as the CatWeasel) but they can be reformatted...

as far as I know there is only one Computer still out there that can read floppies from PC's, Mac's, and afew others without a prob... * the good ole AMIGA...

Ben