Re: Scrambled Files

["Yo Intl. YK" rrr@xxxxxxxx]

At 10:25 PM 11/26/01 -0500, WooF wrote:
>Briefly: I call a text file from one of the floppy disks. I work
>on thatt file, saving to that floppy from time to time. When
>done, I give the command "sa b:" (rather than just "sa". (Without
>the quote marks, of course.) Program replies that the file exists
>and do I want to overwrite. I tell the program "y" and it saves.
>Then I swap disks and go through that procedure again. Usually,
>this works; sometimes, it scrambles the contents of that disk.

I don't think you should blame XYwrite. This sounds more like a common
DOS/Windows problem.
Make sure that your disks are OK, do not over-write excessively (use new
floppies once in a while), and make sure that your computer knows what is
currently on the b: drive by giving a dir b: command before saving there.


-- Rene von Rentzell, Tokyo