Why are you posting this in a newsgroup for WORD problems?
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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"Don" <Don.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F51FB4D-D80D-4772-A793-D3E1635BBE7F@microsoft.com...
> I cant get the new thread question to work, so I'll try posting it as a
> reply
> Syncing my iPhone corrupted my XP. System restore fixed all of the damage
> I
> know of (scrambled IE7 favorites, put phone #s in address boxes in OE6
> address book) EXCEPT: I CANNOT write to my usb floppy drive A. The
> computer
> sees it and tells me to insert disk. Inserting the disk shuts down the PC.
> Toshiba says must do a total re-install.
> Don
>
> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Well... that's not always the case--at least not for PCs. All of the CDs
>> and
>> DVDs I've ever bought come pre-formatted. It's just a matter of dragging
>> the
>> files to them, then choosing "Write these files..." In the PC world, if
>> I'm
>> told that the CD needs to be formatted, that's usually an indication that
>> the drive is malfunctioning.
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> http://www.herbtyson.com
>> Please respond in the newsgroups so everyone can follow along.
>> "CyberTaz" <typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet> wrote in message
>> news:uZxVhLqcGHA.3388@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> > Yes, new CDs must be formatted before data can be written to them...
>>
>>
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