Re: AppleWorks "Can't Save" error

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <52hls3$ksa@dfw-ixnews11.ix.netcom.com>,
Michael Sean Madill <msean@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>    I have //e's is my fourth grade class.  Every so often one of the
>kids will go to save Appleworks data and they get the "Can't Save on
>Disk In Drive 2" message even though they have saved the same document
>minutes before.  I'll check the disk and find the AW Temp file which I
>delete (sometimes I'll reformat the disk) but it still won't save in
>either drive or on any disk. 

   Hmmm. ProDOS disks do have a limit of 51 files in the root
directory. If you try and go over that, you will get what appears to
be bogus disk full problems. However, you say you're reformatting the
disks, so that theory's shot.

   Next is probably the disk drive alignment and speed issues. Try
formatting the disks in the same drive that they're to be used on.  If
they work, then your drives probably need to be cleaned, realigned,
and have their speed checked. 

   You may also want to open up the machines and give them a good
cleaning.  Slightly loosened cables or chips (press down on socketed
chips to make sure they aren't partway out of their sockets) can cause
random flakiness.

Nathan Mates

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