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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried
changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
You don't format a floppy disk from within Word. Ever.
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 See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ 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. "Caroline" wrote in message ... im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs
with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't want to format your hard drive by mistake! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
I think it's unlikely that the disk actually needs to be formatted, as I
think they all come preformatted nowadays. If Caroline is getting the typical message that says that the disk needs to be formatted, that's just Word's usual balk at saving to a floppy. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't want to format your hard drive by mistake! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
You are probably right, but nevertheless most floppies in my part of the
worlds are supplied unformatted. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think it's unlikely that the disk actually needs to be formatted, as I think they all come preformatted nowadays. If Caroline is getting the typical message that says that the disk needs to be formatted, that's just Word's usual balk at saving to a floppy. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't want to format your hard drive by mistake! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
Do they still sell them?
-- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You are probably right, but nevertheless most floppies in my part of the worlds are supplied unformatted. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think it's unlikely that the disk actually needs to be formatted, as I think they all come preformatted nowadays. If Caroline is getting the typical message that says that the disk needs to be formatted, that's just Word's usual balk at saving to a floppy. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't want to format your hard drive by mistake! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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how do i formatt a floppy disk?
They do here, though CDR and DVD+/-R make better sense.
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote: Do they still sell them? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... You are probably right, but nevertheless most floppies in my part of the worlds are supplied unformatted. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I think it's unlikely that the disk actually needs to be formatted, as I think they all come preformatted nowadays. If Caroline is getting the typical message that says that the disk needs to be formatted, that's just Word's usual balk at saving to a floppy. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... While echoing all Charles has said about the wisdom of using floppy discs with Word, to format a new disc select it in My Computer, right click and format. Make sure you select the correct drive number (usually A You don't want to format your hard drive by mistake! -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Caroline wrote: im having trouble saving my work to disk. its brand a new disk and ive tried changing the little black slidey thing and still nothing. please help, what do i do? |
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