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  #11  
Old October 30th, 2007, 10:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Graham Mayor
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

Emrys Davies wrote:

Found that now: "Recover Text from any file"
and working on it. Recovered some text which is somewhat jumbled,
but I am getting there slowly. I think that the floppy is too
corrupted, but not much has been lost. In any case most of the
information, if not all, is on another floppy.

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.


Don't even think of opening the document(s) directly from your backup floppy
or that will corrupt also.

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  #12  
Old October 30th, 2007, 05:39 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Emrys Davies
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
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Can you open the documents via the Open dialog box (File | Open)?


No, that failed, although some jumbled text was revealed. However, I
have been able to recover the lost data from 'bits and pieces'. I have
fully formatted the disk and it is working now that I am following the
correct procedures as advised by the forum. I also have back-up
engaged.

Would you answer this question for me as it will help my learning curve.
I now know (and am following religiously) that I must not save a Word
document directly to a floppy and that if I use a floppy I must copy a
file to it from where it is saved on the hard drive. If I do the
latter, why is it now safe to open the file from the floppy, directly?

Also, I did my Word studies some eight years ago and I cannot recall
being given any anti corruption advice about floppy disks, although I
did obtain City & Guilds in Word level 1 and 2, so that prompts me to
ask, in the nicest possible way, if there has been a big learning curve
re Word in the meantime.

Thanks a lot
Emrys Davies.



  #13  
Old October 30th, 2007, 05:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Emrys Davies
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
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In which case it is already corrupt reinforcing the advice never to

work
directly with a floppy disk (or any other removable media either).


When you say "or any other removable media either" are you including a
USB Flashdrive, as I used one of them to back-up my .dbx files. I made
a folder on the Flash Drive and copied my Identity into it from Windows
Folders. Or does your observation just relate to Word, only?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.


  #14  
Old October 30th, 2007, 06:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

This relates primarily to Word and covers (to some extent) *all* removable
media. You should not save directly to them nor open directly from them.
Always work from the HD. There's even a setting on the Save tab of Tools |
Options to "Make local copy of files stored on network or removable drives."

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
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"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
In which case it is already corrupt reinforcing the advice never to

work
directly with a floppy disk (or any other removable media either).


When you say "or any other removable media either" are you including a
USB Flashdrive, as I used one of them to back-up my .dbx files. I made
a folder on the Flash Drive and copied my Identity into it from Windows
Folders. Or does your observation just relate to Word, only?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.



  #15  
Old October 30th, 2007, 06:30 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
JoAnn Paules
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

Never save directly to removable media - period.

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"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
In which case it is already corrupt reinforcing the advice never to

work
directly with a floppy disk (or any other removable media either).


When you say "or any other removable media either" are you including a
USB Flashdrive, as I used one of them to back-up my .dbx files. I made
a folder on the Flash Drive and copied my Identity into it from Windows
Folders. Or does your observation just relate to Word, only?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.




  #16  
Old October 30th, 2007, 06:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Terry Farrell
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

The observation only relates to Word - though I would not reply solely on a
Flash Drive for anything that is mission critical as they are not
invulnerable to corrupting or dying and the data does have a limited life.
It would be better to back up to a CDR or DVDR and use verify to ensure they
files are correctly written.

Terry

"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
In which case it is already corrupt reinforcing the advice never to

work
directly with a floppy disk (or any other removable media either).


When you say "or any other removable media either" are you including a
USB Flashdrive, as I used one of them to back-up my .dbx files. I made
a folder on the Flash Drive and copied my Identity into it from Windows
Folders. Or does your observation just relate to Word, only?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.



  #17  
Old October 30th, 2007, 06:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Jay Freedman
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

Emrys Davies wrote:
"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
In which case it is already corrupt reinforcing the advice never to
work directly with a floppy disk (or any other removable media
either).


When you say "or any other removable media either" are you including a
USB Flashdrive, as I used one of them to back-up my .dbx files. I
made a folder on the Flash Drive and copied my Identity into it from
Windows Folders. Or does your observation just relate to Word, only?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.


The advice is specific for Word (although there may be some other programs
that behave similarly) and mostly for floppies (but with some caveats for
other removable media).

The big problem with Word and floppy disks comes from the way Word uses
temporary files (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=211632). There are a
number of temp files, some of them as large as the document itself, that
Word must keep in the same folder as the original document. With the limited
capacity of floppy disks, the total size of the document and its temp files
can easily exceed that capacity. If that happens, Word behaves badly, and
irretrievably corrupted documents are the result.

On a USB drive or other gigabyte-or-larger removable media, this specific
kind of problem is unlikely (although theoretically still possible, as it
would also be on a nearly full hard drive). The danger here is that you may
forget that you have a document open -- maybe in a minimized window -- and
remove the drive. That, too, can result in a corrupted document.

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Jay Freedman
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  #18  
Old October 31st, 2007, 12:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Emrys Davies
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
They may already be corrupted, then, by having been saved directly to

a
floppy, or by previous attempts at opening. You may be able to extract

the
text contents by using the "Recover Text from Any File" setting in the

Open
dialog. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm



Susanne,

A very relevant link, the contents of which I am still studying. Other
advice is getting me there slowly and is very much appreciated. Just
one point at the moment: I have 'Save AutoRecover info every 10
minutes' enabled and I am not sure that this is a good idea yet for the
likes of myself and my wife, who I am helping. What are your thoughts
on that please?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.



  #19  
Old October 31st, 2007, 12:44 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

Why do you think this is a bad idea? The AutoRecovery backups are saved to
the HD regardless of the location of the file itself, and the more often
they are made (up to a point), the better.

--
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.

"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
They may already be corrupted, then, by having been saved directly to

a
floppy, or by previous attempts at opening. You may be able to extract

the
text contents by using the "Recover Text from Any File" setting in the

Open
dialog. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm



Susanne,

A very relevant link, the contents of which I am still studying. Other
advice is getting me there slowly and is very much appreciated. Just
one point at the moment: I have 'Save AutoRecover info every 10
minutes' enabled and I am not sure that this is a good idea yet for the
likes of myself and my wife, who I am helping. What are your thoughts
on that please?

Thanks,
Emrys Davies.




  #20  
Old October 31st, 2007, 11:02 AM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Stefan Blom
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Default Cannot open floopy disk in Word

"Emrys Davies" wrote in message
...
"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
Can you open the documents via the Open dialog box (File | Open)?


No, that failed, although some jumbled text was revealed. However, I
have been able to recover the lost data from 'bits and pieces'. I have
fully formatted the disk and it is working now that I am following the
correct procedures as advised by the forum. I also have back-up
engaged.

Would you answer this question for me as it will help my learning curve.
I now know (and am following religiously) that I must not save a Word
document directly to a floppy and that if I use a floppy I must copy a
file to it from where it is saved on the hard drive. If I do the
latter, why is it now safe to open the file from the floppy, directly?


The reason why you should never open files from, or save files to, a floppy
disk is that there isn't enough space for Word's temporary files on the
floppy, which may cause corruption. However, you can still *copy* files to
or from a floppy if you want to move it (even though USB sticks are safer,
and can store a lot more data).

Also, I did my Word studies some eight years ago and I cannot recall
being given any anti corruption advice about floppy disks, although I
did obtain City & Guilds in Word level 1 and 2, so that prompts me to
ask, in the nicest possible way, if there has been a big learning curve
re Word in the meantime.


Eight years ago, floppy disks were pretty much what was available (to
ordinary users, at least). I guess that explains why nobody warned for
them... :-)

Seriously speaking, files are more complex in recent versions of Word. They
are also larger (this does not apply to files created in the new file
formats of Office 2007, though).

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



Thanks a lot
Emrys Davies.









 




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