Office 97 versus XP

[Kimm]

I have Office 97 at my office and XP at home. I saved some files to a floppy to work on at home and when I try to open the 97 files, my XP says the file is not available. If I check the properties of the document, it tells me there is data in the document and when I double checked them at work, they opened fine. Any idea how to open the documents in XP?
Thanks

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I have Office 97 at my office and XP at home. I saved some files to
a floppy to work on at home and when I try to open the 97 files, my
XP says the file is not available. If I check the properties of the
document, it tells me there is data in the document and when I double
checked them at work, they opened fine. Any idea how to open the
documents in XP? Thanks

Never save files directly from Word to a floppy. It inevitably corrupts the
file or the entire disk. Always save to a HDD first and then copy/send to
floppy.



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[Kimm]

That is exactly what I did. I copied files from my hard drive to a floppy. That does not seem to be the problem. The problem I have now discovered is that I cannot open any files at all, hard drive or floppy. Any ideas on that one?
----- Mike Williams [MVP] wrote: -----

I have Office 97 at my office and XP at home. I saved some files to
a floppy to work on at home and when I try to open the 97 files, my
XP says the file is not available. If I check the properties of the
document, it tells me there is data in the document and when I double
checked them at work, they opened fine. Any idea how to open the
documents in XP? Thanks

Never save files directly from Word to a floppy. It inevitably corrupts the
file or the entire disk. Always save to a HDD first and then copy/send to
floppy.



Mike Williams - Office MVP http://www.mvps.org/faq/

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Include details of your application and Windows versions, plus any
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[Mike Williams [MVP]]

That is exactly what I did. I copied files from my hard drive
to a floppy. That does not seem to be the problem. The problem
I have now discovered is that I cannot open any files at all, hard
drive or floppy.

Your PC may be having trouble with the disk, which means it's out of Word's
hands.