Re: MAC-PC WORD Conflict



Hi Roy:

I wouldn't bother trying any longer.

The error message you are seeing suggests that the floppy disk is damaged,
and if it is, nothing will read it.

Floppies are very unreliable: any floppy manufactured more than about a year
ago is often bad by the time you come to use it.

As Bob says, this is not worth chasing: the error message suggests that the
format of the disk is damaged. If it is, you can't replace the format
without removing the data, and you can't read the data without repairing the
format. So you're kinda stuck :-)

Cheers


On 23/06/08 1:30 PM, in article
D5EEE11F-C0C4-4556-9061-8707A37394DD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Roy Bercaw" <Roy
Bercaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Using Office 2003 for MAC, I saved text files on a floppy. I saved an amended
file using Office 2007 or 2008. I learned about my error afterwards not
"saving as" on 2007. When I tried to open the floppy on MAC OS X I got this
error message: "You have inserted a disk containing no volumes that MAC OS X
can read. To continue with the disk inserted click ignore." (Options are
initialize, ignore and eject) Returning to the Office 2007 machine, when I
tried to open the floppy I got this message: "The folder 'A\' isn't
accessible. The folder may be located in an unavailable location, protected
with a password, or the file name contains a / or \."
One Apple discussion message suggested opening the file sharing capability
on the MAC. I tried that and the floppy opened. I did not save the files
then. When I tried to repeat that it did not work and the error message
appeared again.
Anyone have any ideas how to access those text files on the floppy?


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