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Word on Word document on flash drive
It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a
diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Yes.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Word on Word document on flash drive
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Larry wrote: It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry Which leads me to a slight aside. Is it possible to switch OFF this function in Word, whereby it keeps temp versions of the documant, including edits, changes etc etc? Dave -- |
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Word on Word document on flash drive
No, unfortunately not.
-- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "Dave Symes" wrote in message ... In article , Larry wrote: It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry Which leads me to a slight aside. Is it possible to switch OFF this function in Word, whereby it keeps temp versions of the documant, including edits, changes etc etc? Dave -- |
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Word on Word document on flash drive
Given that SDHC Cards are now available in sizes of 32GB or more, one has to
be wary about being so definite on that point. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Word on Word document on flash drive
Doug
It is not just a size of memory issue, it is the speed of the memory (many cards have really poor write speed), the performance of the USB port of that motherboard and the performance of the device used to connect the SDHC card to the USB port (some of these SDHC to USB mounting devices have very limited performance). Then there is always the nasty results of inadvertently pulling out the device before Word has shut down and deleted all temp files that may have been created - or worse if you have the document open and want to save it to the local HDD too. So although theoretically some of the newer devices will work satisfactorily, I would not recommend it, especially for anything important. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Given that SDHC Cards are now available in sizes of 32GB or more, one has to be wary about being so definite on that point. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Hi Terry,
For about a month now, I have been using an Eee PC with the 16GB SSD and with a 32GB SDHC card in the SD slot. I have been storing all of my data on the 32GB SDHC card without any problems. Of course, this is not connected through a USB port and I do not (normally) remove the card. -- Regards, Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Doug It is not just a size of memory issue, it is the speed of the memory (many cards have really poor write speed), the performance of the USB port of that motherboard and the performance of the device used to connect the SDHC card to the USB port (some of these SDHC to USB mounting devices have very limited performance). Then there is always the nasty results of inadvertently pulling out the device before Word has shut down and deleted all temp files that may have been created - or worse if you have the document open and want to save it to the local HDD too. So although theoretically some of the newer devices will work satisfactorily, I would not recommend it, especially for anything important. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Given that SDHC Cards are now available in sizes of 32GB or more, one has to be wary about being so definite on that point. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Doug
The nub of the matter is that the SDHC is not encumbered by a slow communication path in that set up. That encourages me to make a few tests. I have a Samsung NC10 with a SD card slot. I also have a USB dongle for SD cards. So I will test the difference in performance between using the SD slot and the USB dongle using the same SDHC card. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, For about a month now, I have been using an Eee PC with the 16GB SSD and with a 32GB SDHC card in the SD slot. I have been storing all of my data on the 32GB SDHC card without any problems. Of course, this is not connected through a USB port and I do not (normally) remove the card. -- Regards, Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Doug It is not just a size of memory issue, it is the speed of the memory (many cards have really poor write speed), the performance of the USB port of that motherboard and the performance of the device used to connect the SDHC card to the USB port (some of these SDHC to USB mounting devices have very limited performance). Then there is always the nasty results of inadvertently pulling out the device before Word has shut down and deleted all temp files that may have been created - or worse if you have the document open and want to save it to the local HDD too. So although theoretically some of the newer devices will work satisfactorily, I would not recommend it, especially for anything important. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Given that SDHC Cards are now available in sizes of 32GB or more, one has to be wary about being so definite on that point. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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Word on Word document on flash drive
Hi Terry,
As I said in response to Suzanne's post, "one has to be wary about being so definite on that point." -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Doug The nub of the matter is that the SDHC is not encumbered by a slow communication path in that set up. That encourages me to make a few tests. I have a Samsung NC10 with a SD card slot. I also have a USB dongle for SD cards. So I will test the difference in performance between using the SD slot and the USB dongle using the same SDHC card. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Hi Terry, For about a month now, I have been using an Eee PC with the 16GB SSD and with a 32GB SDHC card in the SD slot. I have been storing all of my data on the 32GB SDHC card without any problems. Of course, this is not connected through a USB port and I do not (normally) remove the card. -- Regards, Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Terry Farrell" wrote in message ... Doug It is not just a size of memory issue, it is the speed of the memory (many cards have really poor write speed), the performance of the USB port of that motherboard and the performance of the device used to connect the SDHC card to the USB port (some of these SDHC to USB mounting devices have very limited performance). Then there is always the nasty results of inadvertently pulling out the device before Word has shut down and deleted all temp files that may have been created - or worse if you have the document open and want to save it to the local HDD too. So although theoretically some of the newer devices will work satisfactorily, I would not recommend it, especially for anything important. Terry "Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote in message ... Given that SDHC Cards are now available in sizes of 32GB or more, one has to be wary about being so definite on that point. -- 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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Yes. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Larry" wrote in message ... It's often been said that it's not good to work on a Word document on a diskette because it can get corrupted, due to the way Word creates temporary versions of a document while it is open and having changes saved in it. What about working on a Word document on a flash drive? Is that also a bad idea? Thanks, Larry |
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