"The disk is full or too many files are open"??

[Hans Näslund]

Suddenly when I want to save a Word document I am working on, I am told that
the file cannot be saved: "The disk is full or too many files are open."

This is nonsens, because there are 26 GB free on my hard disk, and files in
othet programmes can be saved without problem.

What can I do about this?

 

[macnutt]

I've had this happen both on my home system and at work on the network. Here's what I did. I saved the document under a new name to a different drive. In the case of a network I saved to my local hard drive instead of a network drive. At home I saved it to a different hard drive, but I imagine you could save it to a floppy as well. Then I re-booted Windows (shift-restart) and the problem didn't recur.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

but I imagine you could save it to a floppy as well.

Don't save to a floppy.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in 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) 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.

I've had this happen both on my home system and at work on the network.

Here's what I did. I saved the document under a new name to a different
drive. In the case of a network I saved to my local hard drive instead of a
network drive. At home I saved it to a different hard drive, but I imagine
you could save it to a floppy as well. Then I re-booted Windows
(shift-restart) and the problem didn't recur.