Microsoft KB Archive/50635

Works: Saving File with Same Name to Different Disk

PSS ID Number: Q50635 Article last modified on 10-16-1998

1.00 1.05 2.00 3.00

MS-DOS

=
========================================================= 1.00 1.05 2.00 3.00 MS-DOS kbother

= SUMMARY =

In some cases, you may want to save a document that was previously saved on one floppy disk to a second floppy disk in the same drive. Microsoft Works for MS-DOS does not allow you to resave a document with its original name on a different disk in the same drive. If you try to do this, Works displays a dialog box that asks for the disk that contains the original version of the file. In Works versions 2.0 and 3.0, the message is similar to the following:

Cannot access file: insert disk containing file B:.WPS

When you do this and choose OK (Retry in Works versions 1.0 and 1.05), Works resaves the file to the original disk.

To save a document that was previously saved to one floppy disk to another floppy disk in the same drive, use the following procedure:


 * 1) From the File menu, choose Save As command.
 * 2) Swap the disks.
 * 3) Type a new name and choose OK.

KBCategory: kbother KBSubcategory: dworkskb

Additional reference words: 1.00 2.00 3.00

=
========================================================= Version : 1.00 1.05 2.00 3.00 Platform : MS-DOS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.