What happens when you try and "read" them?
What is the "backup" disk - how are you transferring them?

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Regards;
Rob
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"Lauraline" wrote in message
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Unable to access the other (8) messages from the faq source, I ask again:
Why can't I read previous files from Word '97? There are approximately 1000
of them on the backup disk that I'm using to transfer from my previous
computer to my new one?

Lauraline