Re: Still a mystery why the other computer won't read new file

If I understand your original post correctly, if it is not that the hard drives are different file systems, then it would most likely be that the files that Word is SET to open are not the same on both computers. Whenever you want to open or save a file, right underneath the options to save/open or cancel is a long box that shows which file format it is set to open or save as. At the end of the box, there is an arrow that if you click on it, will show you other file formats (it's best to choose ALL FILES to open, that way you don't have to shop for the right format). In the past, some files have given me so much trouble, that I just gave up (they weren't worth the trouble), some files were written with such intricate settings (the computer was set up specially for office work) and need resetting with different fonts and language settings that it would have required at least one headache to open the file. So, before you continue, make multiple copies of the file. It might be easiest for you to open the file in DOS instead of Windows because the file might lose it's formatting if opened in Windows. Copy the file onto a floppy, RESTART (instead clicking on the DOS prompt in Windows, less risky to run a DOS program that way) in DOS mode. Put the floppy in the disk drive and use the TYPE command to read it. If it is a large file, you will need to use the more command to read it one page at a time. If the name of the file is 'joe' and it is written in Rich Text Format, then you will write on the screen (instead of using the word TYPE, I'm using the word WRITE)... write this... type joe.rtf | more (then press enter).

(the vertical line between rtf and more is not a solid, continuous line, it is the symbol at the top of the backslash key).

If you want to see the directory of all files on the disk, write DIR/P (enter).
Some files are written in ASCII code and are readable, some are written in code.

In order to return to Windows, write EXIT (enter). Tweet