re: Question about 'Stop Windows from Altering Floppy Disks'
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 8:46 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ricer46
(20248 messages posted)
Seems strange that it would do that, but Bob B is right. It's really not advisable
to save directly to the floppy disk. Besides not being a safe practice, it adds the
file to your MRU list, which causes annoying floppy disk searches. Also always remember
that floppy disks are the least reliable of all storage media.
On Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at 6:28 am, Durward Leeper wrote:
>I have a question about Windows XP -not altering the floppys but altering the
file
>name of the floppy. I have several files that relate to keeping track of household
>info that I feel a need to track! For example one of these is a spreadsheet called
>"Credit Card". As may be obvious I keep my credit card charges in the file. I back
>it up on 3.5 floppies. I am using Win XP Home edition and Office 97. When I update
>the file once a week I save it to the hard drive and then back it up on a floppy,
>using the "Save As" command. When I do this the computer changes the name of
the
>file to "C.xls. Can anyone tell me why this happens and how to fix it?
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