I have word processing docs in MS Works/Word saved in Win 98 Is there any way to open them in Xp

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That application may have been bundled with your W98 computer, but it is not part 
of the operating system.
You need to install MS Works/Word or Word.
If you just need to view them, you can get a free Word viewer from Microsoft.







On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10:48 am, driver wrote:

> I have word processing docs in MS Works/Word saved in Win 98 Is there any way to 

>open them in Xp 

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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en

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You might be able to open and edit them with Wordpad.







On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10:48 am, driver wrote:

> I have word processing docs in MS Works/Word saved in Win 98 Is there any way to 

>open them in Xp 

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I have word and works but when i put in floppy the computer says insert disk as if there was no disk


On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 10:57 am, Ricer46 wrote:
>That application may have been bundled with your W98 computer, but it is not part
>of the operating system.
>You need to install MS Works/Word or Word.
>If you just need to view them, you can get a free Word viewer from Microsoft.
>
>
>

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actually what it says is disk in drive a not formated.Do you want to format? If I do I will wipe

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Hi driver

Format will loose all files on floppy

Floppy used with earlier version of Windows?

Floppy problem may be media descriptor byte?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140060

David






On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 11:16 am, driver wrote:

>actually what it says is disk in drive a not formated.Do you want to format? If 
I 

>do I will wipe 

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Open Office (freeware) handles word (.doc) files, don't know if it handles Works (.wks) files or not. Give it a try.

http://www.openoffice.org/

It's a 96MB download so if you have dial-up it's going to take awhile.

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I think yes it is the media descriptor byte David, I do not think there is any way around for me as your link is only for experts Thanks David and everyone

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That's a completely different problem, you omitted that critical info in your original 
post. Some floppy disks written on an older OS will appear unformatted in XP, I've 
never had a problem opening older floppy disks, while other have. The blame is usually 
placed on the "floppy media descriptor byte." If that were truly the case, I have 
no idea why I can open these older floppies but others can't.

Your only choice may be to open them on an older computer and transport them another 
way. Incidentally, floppy disks are the least reliable media you can select to store 
important data on.







On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 11:01 am, driver wrote:

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>I have word and works but when i put in floppy the computer says insert disk as 
if 

>there was no disk

>

> 

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Ricer46 Yes I gave the wrong info at first my apologies thanks for your replies

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Try the disks on other computers, friends, relatives, even library computers if they will let you. Worth a try.

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What I did when a floppy would behave strangely and you can try it too.
Not 100% but 70% success.Take a wooden match or toothpick insert it in the rectangular 
hole move the disk a bit put it in the drive and try.Sometimes you have to do it 
a few times.If it works copy it to the HD and throw the floppy away. 






On Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 4:10 pm, Rich Kurtz wrote:

>Try the disks on other computers, friends, relatives, even library computers if 
they 

>will let you. Worth a try.  

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