Floppy saves - slows machine done and crashes

[David Sherman]

I have a friend that saves files to hard drive and then floppy.

When the file is save to the floppy the machine becomes
non-responsive. The opnly way to get the machine is hit the power
buttom in the back of the machine?

Macine is a 3 mhz Intel machine with 1 gb. of ram. Machine has Windows
XP and Office 2003. All the patches have been applied.

What is happening?

How to correct this>

thanks

 

[garfield-n-odie]

Your friend needs a faster computer. Office 2003 and Windows XP
both require a 233 MHz processor or faster, and Windows XP
recommends a 300 MHz processor or faster.

 

[David Sherman]

OK you caught me.

It should have beem 3.0 Ghz. Sorry.

 

[RWN]

Don't save directly to any removable media.
I've had this hurt me in Word and I understand the same caveat applies to Excel.