RE: Cant Load a document from floppy
From: Barbara (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/15/04
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:40:26 -0800
Thanks for the advice I will move everything to my hard
drive just to be sure. I must have been lucky for this is
the first time I have had this problem. Without getting
too technical, can you tell me what the technical dangers
might be?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Barbara. In Word, you should never save documents
directly to a floppy
>disk or open documents directly from a floppy disk,
because doing so will
>likely corrupt the file. You should save and work on the
file while it is on
>your hard drive, and after you have saved and closed the
file in Word, you
>should use Windows Explorer or My Computer to copy the
file to the floppy.
>Similarly, copy the file from the floppy disk to your
hard drive, and then
>open the copy that's on your hard drive. It's probably
too late for this
>particular file, but hopefully you have a copy on your
hard drive.
>
>"Barbara" wrote:
>
>> I saved a document to a floppy and when I try and open
it again I get an
>> error message that tells me to check the file
permissions for the document
>> or drive. When I view the document properties I only
have one tab, General.
>> When I view another document's properties on the same
floppy and I get 3
>> tabs, General, Custom and Summary. On either document
the Archive box is
>> checked. What can I do to retrieve these documents from
the floppy.
>>
>> thanks in advance
>.
>
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