Re: word corrupting files?

From: Marc (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:02:13 -0700

I think what we are doing is saving to one computer,
copying the files to a CD or USB thumb drive, then
copying them to the new computer. The weird thing is, it
looks like the files got more corrupted on the new
computer as time goes on.

I recently upgraded this computer from 2000 to XP and
uninstalled and reinstalled office xp. What else can i
try? I open the file and it says i need a converter but
everything i try only shows boxes. I guess that file is
toast, but what can i do for future files?

BTW, the computer is virus free...

>-----Original Message-----
>Sounds like you are saving from Word directly to a
floppy disk. Don't
>do that. Word will quickly corrupt files if you save
directly to
>removable media. Instead, save your document to the
hard drive, close
>the document, and then use My Computer or Windows
Explorer to copy the
>document to a floppy disk. On the second computer, copy
the document
>from the floppy disk to the hard drive, and open the
copy that is on the
>hard drive. The files you have on the floppy disk are
probably toast.
>
>
>Marc wrote:
>
>> On certain files, when i open them in word 2002, it
>> prompts me for which converter i want to use to open
it.
>> The preview of the text document shows a bunch of
boxes
>> and the actual document is not readable. This is
happening
>> from taking an office document from one computer and
>> putting it on another. Other files are displaying
content
>> from different files - opening 1.doc will show the
>> contents of 2.doc and 2.doc will show the contents of
>> 3.doc. What is going on? I've tried reinstalling,
virus
>> scan, all the updates. Im all out of ideas. What could
be
>> causing this strange behavior and corruption of files?
>
>.
>

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