Microsoft KB Archive/178419

= Cannot Save a Document to a Floppy Disk Using WordPad =

Article ID: 178419

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178419



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to save a document to a floppy disk using WordPad, one of the following symptoms may occur:

 WordPad stops responding (hangs). The document is not saved to the floppy disk and you do not receive an error message. You receive the following error message:

An unexpected error occurred while writing a:\

 You receive the following error message:

Unknown error writing to drive a: 





CAUSE
This issue can occur if there is not enough free space on the floppy disk to save the document.



MORE INFORMATION
The size (in bytes) of the document you are attempting to save and the amount of free space on the floppy disk determines the symptom that occurs. For example, the following table lists the symptoms that may occur if you attempt to save a document to a floppy disk that contains 9 kilobytes (KB) of free space:

<pre class="fixed_text">  Document size              Symptom -  Greater than 9 and         Document is not saved and no error less than 10.5 KB          message occurs

Between 10.5 and 13.5 KB  WordPad hangs

Greater than 13.5 KB      Error message occurs

Additional query words: locks freezes crashes

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB178419

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