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?

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

--
Peter

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"MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E3813D0-B4FE-46E4-B5AB-7775D990B946@microsoft.com...
>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?
>

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.

"Peter Foldes" wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>
> "MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E3813D0-B4FE-46E4-B5AB-7775D990B946@microsoft.com...
> >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?
> >
>

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.



"MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:98212DDF-291B-443B-9CDB-B46DD67D2ED2@microsoft.com...
>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.
>
> "Peter Foldes" wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>>
>> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
>> Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
>>
>> "MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6E3813D0-B4FE-46E4-B5AB-7775D990B946@microsoft.com...
>> >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?
>> >
>>

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

"MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E3813D0-B4FE-46E4-B5AB-7775D990B946@microsoft.com...
: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?
:

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

"...winston" wrote:

> Try saving the file to
> C:\Users\your profile\Documents or subfolder created in Documents.
> ...winston
>
> "MDB" <MDB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6E3813D0-B4FE-46E4-B5AB-7775D990B946@microsoft.com...
> :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?
> :
>