[Dale]

Hi, I have a question about running Word in Windows safe mode. Not
Word/Office safe mode, but Windows safe mode. A friend of mine is having
major computer problems and the only way he can get into Windows XP is using
safe mode. He has a very important document with a time sensitive deadline
that he needs to work on. I guess my question is this: is this a bad thing
to do from the standpoint of possible document corruption? Were not sure
what is causing his computer problems, so I suppose it might not be the best
thing to work on an important document, especially when it seems as though
his hard drive might be failing, but does anyone know if working on a
document in Word in Windows safe mode in and of itself could lead to document
corruption? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Graham Mayor]

The clue is in the name - 'Safe Mode'. You will not suffer document
corruption simply because of this. He will however need to establish what
the problem with Windows is in the longer run.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Dale wrote:
Hi, I have a question about running Word in Windows safe mode. Not
Word/Office safe mode, but Windows safe mode. A friend of mine is
having major computer problems and the only way he can get into
Windows XP is using safe mode. He has a very important document with
a time sensitive deadline that he needs to work on. I guess my
question is this: is this a bad thing to do from the standpoint of
possible document corruption? We're not sure what is causing his
computer problems, so I suppose it might not be the best thing to
work on an important document, especially when it seems as though his
hard drive might be failing, but does anyone know if working on a
document in Word in Windows safe mode in and of itself could lead to
document corruption? Thanks in advance for any information.

[Dale]

Hi, Graham, thanks for your response. I just wanted to make sure. I've
become very paranoid about document corruption lately. I read the article on
the MVP site about it and it seems that even using some of Word's own
features (document map, fast saves, etc.) can cause corruption so I wanted to
make sure that doing something really out of the ordinary would be okay.
Anyway, thanks again.




"Graham Mayor" wrote:

The clue is in the name - 'Safe Mode'. You will not suffer document
corruption simply because of this. He will however need to establish what
the problem with Windows is in the longer run.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Dale wrote:
Hi, I have a question about running Word in Windows safe mode. Not
Word/Office safe mode, but Windows safe mode. A friend of mine is
having major computer problems and the only way he can get into
Windows XP is using safe mode. He has a very important document with
a time sensitive deadline that he needs to work on. I guess my
question is this: is this a bad thing to do from the standpoint of
possible document corruption? We're not sure what is causing his
computer problems, so I suppose it might not be the best thing to
work on an important document, especially when it seems as though his
hard drive might be failing, but does anyone know if working on a
document in Word in Windows safe mode in and of itself could lead to
document corruption? Thanks in advance for any information.