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RH206
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      1st Apr 2008
After I copy excel files from my hard drive to a CD-RW disc for backup
purposes I lose the ability to access the file from my hard drive. I have to
pull the file from the CD and resave it on my hard drive. This is extremely
frustrating does anyone know how to resolve.

Robert
 
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Richard O. Neville
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      1st Apr 2008
Since you still have the original files on your hard drive, why would you
want to open a copy, which is read-only and cannot be altered? CDs can be
used for backup but not for computing. You don't have to re-save the CD copy
on your hard drive, either. Just click on the file name or icon, use
Edit-copy, find the hard drive location where you want the file, click on
that folder, and use Edit-Paste. No need at all to open the file.

"RH206" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> After I copy excel files from my hard drive to a CD-RW disc for backup
> purposes I lose the ability to access the file from my hard drive. I have
> to
> pull the file from the CD and resave it on my hard drive. This is
> extremely
> frustrating does anyone know how to resolve.
>
> Robert



 
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RH206
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      1st Apr 2008
Richard,

Thank you for your help. The problem is with the hard drive file. When I
create a CD backup copy from the original hard drive file I lose the ability
to open the original file on the hard drive. The file is on the hard drive
but I cannot open it. It's like the file gets lost when I back up to a CD.
To retrieve the file I open the copy on the CD and re-save the file to the
hard drive, thus recreating a hard drive file.

Robert


"Richard O. Neville" wrote:

> Since you still have the original files on your hard drive, why would you
> want to open a copy, which is read-only and cannot be altered? CDs can be
> used for backup but not for computing. You don't have to re-save the CD copy
> on your hard drive, either. Just click on the file name or icon, use
> Edit-copy, find the hard drive location where you want the file, click on
> that folder, and use Edit-Paste. No need at all to open the file.
>
> "RH206" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:AB5FCCB7-5AF1-4FE4-A5FF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > After I copy excel files from my hard drive to a CD-RW disc for backup
> > purposes I lose the ability to access the file from my hard drive. I have
> > to
> > pull the file from the CD and resave it on my hard drive. This is
> > extremely
> > frustrating does anyone know how to resolve.
> >
> > Robert

>
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