When you attempt to save a document to a floppy disk using WordPad, one of
the following symptoms may occur:
| • | WordPad stops responding (hangs).
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| • | The document is not saved to the floppy disk and you do not receive an
error message.
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| • | You receive the following error message:
An unexpected error occurred while writing a:\<filename.doc>
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| • | You receive the following error message:
Unknown error writing to drive a: <filename.doc>
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This issue can occur if there is not enough free space on the floppy disk
to save the document.
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The size (in bytes) of the document you are attempting to save and the
amount of free space on the floppy disk determines the symptom that
occurs. For example, the following table lists the symptoms that may occur
if you attempt to save a document to a floppy disk that contains 9
kilobytes (KB) of free space:
Document size Symptom
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Greater than 9 and Document is not saved and no error
less than 10.5 KB message occurs
Between 10.5 and 13.5 KB WordPad hangs
Greater than 13.5 KB Error message occurs
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