Problems saving to hard drive after upgarding to Windows Vista.

[Guest]

I recently upgraded to Windows Vista and everytime I try to save to a file to
my hard drive I get this error;

"Word cannot save or create this file. Make sure that the disk you what to
save the file is not full, write-protected or damaged"

I tried changing the security settings so it will allow everything and it
didn't work. How do I fix it so I can write to my hard drive?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Are you trying to Save to a disk or to your Hard Drive.

The error that you posted seems like it is trying to save to an outside media like a CD

 

[Guest]

I am trying to save to C: using Word 2003 and Windows Vista will not allow
me. I even tried changing the security settings to allow everything and it
didn't work. The hard drive still appears to be write protected.

 

[DP]

Are you saving to the root directory? That is, to C: itself and not to any
folders on C: ?
I don't think you can save directly to C: .
It's a security measure. You have to save to a folder on C.

 

[...winston]

Try saving the file to
C:\Users\your profile\Documents or subfolder created in Documents.
...winston

:I recently upgraded to Windows Vista and everytime I try to save to a file to
: my hard drive I get this error;
:
: "Word cannot save or create this file. Make sure that the disk you what to
: save the file is not full, write-protected or damaged"
:
: I tried changing the security settings so it will allow everything and it
: didn't work. How do I fix it so I can write to my hard drive?
:

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I created my folders and organized my documents that way.