This is a flash drive problem. If you are copying the files from Windows
Explorer with Word closed, then Word has no bearing on the problem. I
suggest that Geek Squad are fobbing you off. I have no problems with
Kingston, Belkin, Crucial or various other OEM flash drives.
Terry
: Hi Terry, Yes, I have the Word documents saved on my hard drive in my My
: Documents folder. I highlight the files and then try to copy or move them
to
: my E: drive which is the flash drive. I have a 1GB flash drive so I have
: plenty of room. I called the maker (Geek Squad) of the flash drive and
they
: believe that it is a Microsoft issue. I hope that this info helps you.
:
: "TF" wrote:
:
: > Please clarify that you have saved a document to your hard drive and
from an
: > Explorer window you are trying to copy the file from the hard drive to a
: > flash drive?
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
:
: >
: > : > : Hi Charles, It isn't even a matter of working on the Word documents.
: > Right
: > : now I am trying to copythe Word documents from My Documents to the
flash
: > : drive That is when I get the error message on certain files. Any
ideas?
: > :
: > : "Charles Kenyon" wrote:
: > :
: > : > You should not be working on Word documents in Word on removable
media.
: > : > Period. 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
: > : > and flash 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
: > : >
: > : > See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
: > : > --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
: > : > This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
: > : > and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
: > : > from my ignorance and your wisdom.
: > : >
: > : > : > : > > Hi, I am running Windows XP and using Office 2000. I recently
bought
: > a
: > : > > 1GB
: > : > > flash drive and am having trouble saving some Word documents to
it. I
: > get
: > : > > an
: > : > > error msg with the title 'Error Copying File or Folder' with the
msg
: > : > > 'Cannot
: > : > > copy (file name): The directory or file cannot be created.' I
don't
: > have
: > : > > a
: > : > > problem saving these files on a floppy though. Any suggestions or
: > ideas
: > : > > for
: > : > > me? Thanks!
: > : >
: > : >
: > : >
: >
: >
: >
