Microsoft KB Archive/59554

“Enter Y to Retry Access…” While Editing File from Floppy

PSS ID Number: Q59554 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

If you execute a certain series of steps when loading files from a floppy drive, Microsoft Word for MS-DOS version 5.0 may generate the message “Enter Y to retry access to .BAK” or “Enter Y to retry access to MW######.TMP” while you are editing a document loaded from a floppy drive.

Workaround
To work around this problem, clear the scrap with the following steps:


 * 1) Enter a space in the document.
 * 2) Select the space.
 * 3) Delete the space by pressing the DEL key.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Load a document into Word version 5.0 from a floppy drive.
 * 2) Delete a portion of text to the scrap.
 * 3) Use the Transfer Clear Window command.
 * 4) Remove the original floppy disk, and load a new document into Word version 5.0 from another floppy disk.

This problem is more likely to occur on computer systems with less than 640K of RAM and can be prevented by clearing the scrap before choosing the Transfer Clear Window command or by choosing the Transfer Clear All command.

Note: The aforementioned message may also appear if the floppy disk is formatted incorrectly.

= MORE INFORMATION =

This message appears because Word may require access to temporary or scratch files created on the original floppy disk to store the contents of the scrap.

Transfer Clear All clears the scrap and the scratch file, as well as all glossary entries other than the ones in the default glossary file NORMAL.GLY. Transfer Clear All also clears all styles, and reloads the default style sheet NORMAL.STY. For more information on Transfer Clear Window and Transfer Clear All commands, refer to Chapter 14, “Windows” in the “Using Microsoft Word” manual.

You can create a macro that clears the scrap and then selects the Transfer Clear Window command. Enter the following text in Word, select it, then use the Copy command to create a macro:

tcw

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