What can i do when the computer says disk is full when i was wor.

[Guest]

What can i do when the computer says disk is full when i was working with
access through a diskette?

 

[Arvin Meyer]

What can i do when the computer says disk is full when i was working with
access through a diskette?

Try compacting the database (Tools ... Database Utilities ... Compact and
Repair) Since this is likely to happen often, it is a better idea to copy
the file to your hard drive to work on it, then zip it and copy it back to
the diskette to transport it. You might also consider using a USB flash
drive.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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[Douglas J. Steele]

Try compacting the database (Tools ... Database Utilities ... Compact and
Repair) Since this is likely to happen often, it is a better idea to copy
the file to your hard drive to work on it, then zip it and copy it back to
the diskette to transport it. You might also consider using a USB flash
drive.

I know that with other Office products such as Word and Excel you should
never work off a diskette. I remember reading the technical details of why,
but they've slipped my mind. I would think the same would apply even more so
to Access, so I'd word Arvin's advice a little strong: DON'T DO THAT! Always
copy your file to your hard drive to work with it.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

I remember something about "persistent links". I used to have a Word
document (on hard-disk) but whenever I opened it the PC started searching
for the floppy drive. When we looked at the biaries of the file, we found
that there was a reference to some Word doc on the A: drive.