Excel

[rarll]

I have, on floppy disc, a database of albums and cd's. This was done in Excel and then copied to the disc. Now I can't open the file from the disc. It says there is a problem in Excel.exc. I have tried opening it on another computer to no avail, so it is the disc. Have I lost all this info? I have posted this before but I cant find the answer.

[anthomson]

You could try a disk check (found on the Properties window of the floppy drive) - it can attempt to repair files if it finds that the disk is corrupt but is unlikely to be able to salvage a Excel file. If the disk appears to be ok than can you remember what version of Excel created the file - is it later than the version you are trying to use now ? It could be that an older version may not recognise the newer Excel format (but you would expect Microsoft to be able to trap this and display an appropriate error message )

[j2buttonsw]

Try copying the file from the disk to the hard drive and then try to open it (this will eliminate any floppy disk error).

[5029]

check what the file is. Excel is not a database package and it is impossible to create a database using excel. You could be trying to open a database in excel instead of (for example) Access, which is impossible.

[rarll]

Thanks for your help, but none of your suggestions have worked. I am opening it on the same system that I used to put it together. I take it that it is lost. Thanks again.

[Oliver]

Run Scandisk on the floppy making sure that "Automaticly fix all errors is NOT ticked". Also make sure it is checked under "Thorough" NOT "Standard" check.

[rarll]

Still wont open!