Error: Damage to the file was so extensive...

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nvitucci

I'm getting this error when opening excel documents stored on a network
share. These are multi-sheet documents, and I'm 100% sure that the
information in them is valid (they were saved just days before). This
happens on more than one workstation, on multiple documents. A
document will work fine for a few days, then after someone changes it,
the next person to open it is faced with the dialog stating that
repairs to the file failed, because damage to the file was too
extensive.

This is using Excel 2003, on both Windows 2000 and XP. The files
themselves are stored on a network share on Windows 2000 Server.

Any ideas?
 
A

aaron.kempf

thats why you keep your DATA in a DATABASE so that you can back it up
and restore it.

storing data in excel is a lose-lose proposition
 

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