I NEED HELP PLEASE

[Guest]

This question is going to sound extremely stupid, so I hope someone can answer it for me!!! I have a database that I started in access and I need to save it to a disk becasue I have to switch to a different computer to finish working on it. My question is, how do I save it to a disk!!?? This is the first time that I have used access and it is much different than excel (i thought they were very similar). But for some reason I just cant seem to figure out how to save it to a disk. If someone could give me step by step intsructions to do so, I would appreciate it!

Thanks
John

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

The entire database is a single MDB file. Find that file through File
Explorer and copy it.

There's no way from within Access to save the database to another location.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(No private e-mails, please)

This question is going to sound extremely stupid, so I hope someone can

answer it for me!!! I have a database that I started in access and I need
to save it to a disk becasue I have to switch to a different computer to
finish working on it. My question is, how do I save it to a disk!!?? This
is the first time that I have used access and it is much different than
excel (i thought they were very similar). But for some reason I just cant
seem to figure out how to save it to a disk. If someone could give me step
by step intsructions to do so, I would appreciate it!

 

[x]

open your windows explorer.
go to the folder where you saved your database
with extension name .mdb
copy it to your disk
after copying shut down your pc
unplug your pc
put back the pc into its box
send it back to manufacturer...

(the last four was just a joke)

-----Original Message-----
This question is going to sound extremely stupid, so I

hope someone can answer it for me!!! I have a database
that I started in access and I need to save it to a disk
becasue I have to switch to a different computer to finish
working on it. My question is, how do I save it to a
disk!!?? This is the first time that I have used access
and it is much different than excel (i thought they were
very similar). But for some reason I just cant seem to
figure out how to save it to a disk. If someone could
give me step by step intsructions to do so, I would
appreciate it!

 

[Roger Carlson]

Access and Exel are indeed very different.

There is no SaveAs to save the database as a different name. You have to
copy it in the File system, that is, Windows Explorer or My Computer , etc.

--
--Roger Carlson
www.rogersaccesslibrary.com
Reply to: Roger dot Carlson at Spectrum-Health dot Org

This question is going to sound extremely stupid, so I hope someone can

answer it for me!!! I have a database that I started in access and I need
to save it to a disk becasue I have to switch to a different computer to
finish working on it. My question is, how do I save it to a disk!!?? This
is the first time that I have used access and it is much different than
excel (i thought they were very similar). But for some reason I just cant
seem to figure out how to save it to a disk. If someone could give me step
by step intsructions to do so, I would appreciate it!

 

[Guest]

Assuming you have stored the .mdb to a hard disk and you need to go to a floppy...

Open up Windows Explorer, navigate to where you have saved the .mdb. If you don't know that, go to FILE->DATABASE PROPERTIES in the database and then click on the GENERAL tab. Look for the location, should be a drive letter then a folder path.

Right mouse click on the .mdb file, then click on COPY.

Put your floppy in the drive if it isn't already there.

Show the floppy's contents on the screen. If you have the folders view showing in the left hand side window, scroll UP to the A drive (or to which ever drive letter represents your floppy drive) and click ONCE on it.

In the large portion of the screen, RIGHT mouse click and then click on PASTE.

You can also drag and drop the file to the floppy drive and there are about a million other ways, it's MS so it isn't that hard.

Tyler

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

This question is going to sound extremely stupid, so I hope someone
can answer it for me!!! I have a database that I started in access
and I need to save it to a disk becasue I have to switch to a
different computer to finish working on it. My question is, how do I
save it to a disk!!?? This is the first time that I have used access
and it is much different than excel (i thought they were very
similar). But for some reason I just cant seem to figure out how to
save it to a disk. If someone could give me step by step
intsructions to do so, I would appreciate it!

By now you've received several messages telling you how to copy the
database file via the Windows user interface. I'm not sure that any of
them has mentioned this important step: close the database first.
Don't copy the database while it's open.