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 ?
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DL

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!
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"DL" (donotspam) wrote in message
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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