Unable to Read Files

[Larry Bohen]

All of a sudden my Excel 2002, SP-2 says it can't read any of my files.

The files are .xls on my C: hard drive. I have tried opening them from
within Excel and from Windows Explorer. I get the message "unable to read
file" either way.

Advice????

 

[Harlan Grove]

All of a sudden my Excel 2002, SP-2 says it can't read any of my files.

The files are .xls on my C: hard drive. I have tried opening them from
within Excel and from Windows Explorer. I get the message "unable to read
file" either way.

First, load Excel with a new blank workbook, enter something, save it as a new
file, close it and reopen it. Does this work? If not, you may have a serious
problem with your drive.

If it does work, open Excel with a blank worksheet and write an external link
formula into one of the files that Excel can't read. Something like

='C:\work\2003\[budget.xls]July'!A1

(replace pathname and worksheet name as appropriate). Does this work? If so,
then something may have corrupted your files. Do you run any sort of virus
protection software? If so, I'd suspect it's the culprit. If this doesn't work,
you may have serious problems. Start by backing up your harddisk drives. Then
seek real help from computer technicians in your area.

 

[Norman Harker]

Hi Larry!

I see you've been having this problem since your 10th July post.

Have you tried copying any of the files to a disc and then copying to
a hard drive of another computer to see if another computer regards
the files as openable?

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