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by jsnowbunny100

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A user on my company's network has worked for several hours on a document that was opened from the network. The document was saved several times by clicking the Save icon. After returning from an absence, the user finds his computer indicating a fatal write error. Why?

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by sgt_shultz

that is one error message i usually take a face value: it can't write to the location she is trying to save to for whatever reason, anywhere from bad media on the disk to network permissions...did she try to save it to a floppy? or another computer? or locally?

by thechas

Was the error from saving the document?
Or, from a timed backup?

If there was no error message when he left the PC, it is more likely to be a local disk problem from a timed backup.

If the error was from a network save, any number of things may have happened.

Packet collisions.
Limited drive space.
Random disk error.

Chas

by scherko

Was the document off of the server? Taken from the network? If he or she did not save it to their own desktop, it was probably write protected when it was placed there the first time. Sorry about the loss.

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