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. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hsc37no/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705115370:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123697322/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ms_access/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
