And what are those two words supposed to mean??????????????????????
Trent Johnsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Trent Johnsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Two words: jump drive
TJ
--- wall_street24 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm new to Microsoft Access, but decided to open a database and save
> it to a floppy disk. I then saved an updated version of the database
> to a second disk.
> When I attempted to open the file on the first disk, I got a message
> saying that there was something wrong with the disk-drive. (The error
> message was erroneous, as I was able to open and remove an Excel and
> a Word file from the A-drive disk, but the ACCESS file won't budge.)
> I tried to move the file from the disk to the hard drive, but the
> damn system won't allow me to do anything with this file now.
> How can I retrieve the valuable data from the Access file (and what
> caused this in the first place)?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Part 2:
> It was a simple SAVE with the SAME file NAME. I realized it wasn't
> the best manuever, but assumed that since NO INFORMATION was being
> written to the actual hard drive, that the information on either disk
> would be used when accessed.
>
> Apparently some sort of file was written to in the Access program
> (don't know if I can alter it somehow).
>
> There must have ALSO been something written to 'disk one,' because I
> simply CANNOT move, copy, or open the file from the disk. I get a
> message that reads: "Disk or network errror."
> But nothing is wrong with the disk ITSELF, because other files from
> different programs were easily accessed and removed from the physical
> floppy disk. And I was able to "defragment" the actual Access file
> in question (which is showing to be 1400kb in size on a normal 1.44Mb
> floppy).
>
> Any other insight towards a solution, or a deeper definition as to
> WHY this happened? (I've used IDENTICAL file NAMES items from other
> Microsoft programs (ie.: Word, Excel, etc.) with seperate floppies,
> and never had a problem. The program just searches for the file name
> on the A drive, and doesn't REALLY 'know' it's not the same data it
> had opened moments earlier.)
>
> PLEASE HELP ME.
>
>
>
>
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