I recommend never opening a file from any removeable media--just because it
could be removed and screw up when I try to save it.

And I recommend not saving directly to the flashdrive (or any removeable media)
for the same reasons Ragdyer stated--albeit, they amount of space available
isn't as big a concern as with floppies.

But by saving to the harddrive first and copying to the flash drive, I know that
I have a backup.

I guess I just don't trust those things enough to use them directly (and for the
only copy).

This is more of a gut feeling than anything else for me. But as a general
recommendation to others, I think it's a reasonable approach.





JLatham wrote:

Curiosity question: I've seen others recommend not working directly to/from
USB Flash drive also. Why not?

I often do it and haven't lost anything - slow as snails swimming in
molasses some times, but no corrupted files or anything.

"Ragdyer" wrote:

*SAVE* to your hard drive,
THEN,
Use Windows explorer to *COPY* to the flash drive!

*DON'T* save to the flash drive!
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HTH,

RD

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transfer exel doc.to new flash drive 2.0




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