Re: missing file on floppy disk

From: perplexed (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 07:06:51 -0800

Hi Pegasus,

Thanks for your reply. The file can be text, Word .. etc.
File is not open and is already on hard disk of laptop.
Was working on laptop, saved file and closed it.
Transferred it to floppy before trying to see it on PC.

I tried a test whereby I copied a file from another PC to
my floppy. This time round I can see this file on my
floppy when I viewed it from my own PC !!. Is something
wrong with the OS on my laptop ?

>-----Original Message-----
>I suspect you're not really copying but you have some
>application (e.g. Word, Excel) open and you're using
>the "Save as" function. The result is that your file is
>still open, and the floppy disk is in an undetermined
>state.
>
>It is not a good idea to open files on removable media.
>Copy them to the hard disk before opening them, then
>copy them back to the floppy disk when finished, making
>sure that you close the application BEFORE you copy
>the file.
>
>
>"perplexed" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>news:cdbc01c3ee3b$79d502b0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi experts,
>>
>> I have this strange problem which just surfaced. I copy
a
>> file from my PC to a floppy disk. I can read and use
this
>> file when I use the floppy disk on my laptop. However,
>> when I copy a file from laptop to PC using the same
floppy
>> disk to transfer, the file that I copied from laptop is
>> GONE ! The file originally copied from PC is still on
the
>> floppy. This happens for any file copied from laptop to
PC
>> via the floppy disk and tests using different floppy
disks
>> gave same result.... Any ideas, people ? Both laptop and
>> PC are running Win2k Prof.
>
>
>.
>

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