Word 2000 "A:\" not accessible

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Tammy

I'm getting an error message with several of my floppy
disks that have Word files. The message says, "A:\" not
accessible. Disk media not recognizable. Disk may not be
formatted." These are disks that I used in the last two
weeks and now can't access. Any ideas
 
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Charles Kenyon

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.
 
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