Excel Files Gone - WTF????

C

Casino

Hi All,

I am having a very strange problem with Excel. I have a bunch of
files stored on a floppy disk that are titled by date. I opened up
the A: menu yesterday and all files dated 2004 (from January to now)
have vanished. Is anyone else having the same problem? I did not
erase any files; the disk (or program) just erased itself. Seems like
the program (Excel) itself is a virus. Is there a way to retrieve the
files?

C.W.
 
B

bobclark

if the files are gone, you may have a corrupt boot sector or folder, try
scandisk first to see what is up, you could also have a boot sector virus(nyb,
etc). If they are simply erased, check your recycle bin. If that proves
fruitless try a recovery utility, see ZDNET.com. whatever you do not write to
the disk until you have solved the problem. remember always backup these to your
hard drive.

here's a quick batch file that will back them up

a:
copy *.xls c:\whatever directory you choose /y

the /y automatically overwrites the existing backups

or save to the hard drive then copy to the floppy, here is a batch file to do
that

c:
cd\
cd whatever directory they are located in
copy *.xls a: /y

if they contain data you do not want on your hard drive, pick up a program
called pgpdisk, there is freeware and I recommend imad's CKT version. it will
create an encrypted container to contain the files. its an easy interface.

On 13 Oct 2004 15:52:24 -0700, in microsoft.public.excel.misc falling into the
bathtub with your monitor, the short circuit caused the following to
mysteriously appear from your keyboard:

~>Hi All,
~>
~>I am having a very strange problem with Excel. I have a bunch of
~>files stored on a floppy disk that are titled by date. I opened up
~>the A: menu yesterday and all files dated 2004 (from January to now)
~>have vanished. Is anyone else having the same problem? I did not
~>erase any files; the disk (or program) just erased itself. Seems like
~>the program (Excel) itself is a virus. Is there a way to retrieve the
~>files?
~>
~>C.W.
 
D

Don Guillett

Your problem could be that you SAVED the file to a floppy. We f--------
don't do that here.
 
B

bobclark

it's curious that anybody has a file that small :)

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:07:18 -0500, in microsoft.public.excel.misc falling into
the bathtub with your monitor, the short circuit caused the following to
mysteriously appear from your keyboard:

~>Your problem could be that you SAVED the file to a floppy. We f--------
~>don't do that here.
 
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