SheepShaver cannot read some files from other Mac HFV disk

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macfan63
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SheepShaver cannot read some files from other Mac HFV disk

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I found the following problems using SheepShaver on Windows 8.1:

1) When I put an HFS CD rom in the CD rom drive, SheepShaver recognizes it as a CD, but requires the Cd to be initialized, cannot read the data inside.

2) I made an empty .HFV disk to put files from my PC, using TransMac - I mounted the HFV disk to start with SheepShaver, it appears on the desktop, when I open the folder and try to copy or open a .sit file ( software in .sit format that I downloaded from the web ), SheepShaver shows an error window saying: "The document XXXX could not be opened because the application program that created it could not be found" - This means I cannot copy software files from my PC to the Mac disk.

I wonder why is this happening, as some years ago I installed lot of sotware in the Mac OS 9 disk through ISOS I made ( in HFS format ), or directly from Mac classic original CDs.

Any idea ? Thanks
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