open unformated floppy disc

[marc03]

Flpooy disc work saved on to. next day message reads connot open file not
formatted

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Never save directly to a floppy or open a file directly from a floppy; this
is one of the fastest ways to corrupt your documents. It may already be too
late, but try copying the file to your HD, then open from there.

 

[Tony Jollans]

If you have the chance, try reading the floppy on another PC. I don't know
why but I have found this problem with floppies far more frequently on new
PCs than on older ones.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist! (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries, schools) this is a
tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new
formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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