Lost documents when trying to save

[Mich]

Hello.

I am hoping that someone out there will be able to
help me. Lately when I've been using Word I will click
ctrl-s to save (to my hard drive, not a disk) and the
following message appears:

"There is an unreasonable disk error on file ~WRL2129
(though this number is not always the same - also got a
~WRL4035). The disk you're working on has a media
problem that prevents Word from using it. Try the
following: try formatting another disk; or save the
document to a disk."

The problem is I am not using a disk in the first place,
plus it loses my document and I don't know how to
recover. Since I'm in the process of writing my thesis
I've taken to emailing myself the documents, so thus far
I haven't lost complete files, but it is still an
enormous pain in the butt. Has anyone come across this
or know how to fix it? Why does this happen?
I am running Office XP (Word) on a laptop.
Thanks.

 

[Dave Neve]

Hi Mitch

Have you ever heard the story about the woman who didn't want to keep her
money in a bank nor under her matress.
So she would post the money to herself beleieving that is was safe in the
hands of the post and no bank charges to boot!
And sure enough, one fine day..........
As John McEnroe once said at Wilmbeldon . 'you can't be serious'.
Haven't you got a floppy drive or something cos this will end in disaster.
Incidentally, I have pasted a recent message below to help you with credits
cos even floppies are risky.
Hope you don't mind the unasked for advice but it's with a good intention.

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Two cautions:

1. If you're working with a file on a floppy, you're asking for grief.
Sooner or later the file *will* become unavailable. Never save a document
directly to a floppy or open one directly from a floppy. Always copy from/to
the HD.

2. If you open a document directly from an email and edit it, the document
is saved in a temporary folder. As soon as you quit Word, it is deleted.
Always save the document in a document folder (such as My Documents) before
working on it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Mich]

But I am not saving to a floppy, I am saving to my hard
drive.
But for future reference, if saving to a disk how do I
hsave without Save as?