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Format Disk
I have read all the helpful information on the Do you want to format this
disk now ? However, it dosen't matter what disk I place in my floppy drive I keep getting the same message. Disks will open just once after a full system application recovery. This problem has only developed over the past week. Is this a problem with my drive itself or is this some sort of recent virus ? Device manager does not suggest a problem. Can anyone help with this ? -- DL |
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Format Disk
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. "DL" (donotspam) wrote in message ... I have read all the helpful information on the Do you want to format this disk now ? However, it dosen't matter what disk I place in my floppy drive I keep getting the same message. Disks will open just once after a full system application recovery. This problem has only developed over the past week. Is this a problem with my drive itself or is this some sort of recent virus ? Device manager does not suggest a problem. Can anyone help with this ? -- DL |
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