MS Word 2003 "The Disk is Full or Too Many Files Are Open" 1

[cY2k]

I get this error from time to time, when I try to save a document. I am running MS Word 2003 on Windows 2000 SP4, and I am trying to save a document onto a Network Drive that is accessible and has plenty of space. Even when I try to then save it on the Desktop of my local machine, it still gives me that same error. And trying to "Save As" to a new file won't work either. I don't know why it would give me this error... Any ideas?

 

[GlennUK]

Sounds like your network has problems. If the network response is too slow, Excel and Word can get stuck like that.

Cheers, Glenn.

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[cY2k]

hmmm. okay, well then let's shift gears. Any thoughts on what would make the network response too slow?

 

[cY2k]

An update, and I'm hoping someone that has seen this before could help... if you look at my first post, I said that it still does it even if you try to save the file to the local hard drive of the computer that you're working on. So, if the inital error is because of slow network response, wouldn't it work when I save to the hard drive since there's definitely no delay on that? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Auger282]

what kind of network do you use.. active directory, novell?

I have seen this many times... the only thing we could do is copy the contents to a new file.

Questions:
is this a file you edit for reports? .. you always edit it for the next months report?...


We've seen this with word and excel



PS.. even if the network drive has lots of space you may still have restrictions on your user account so you can only place a specified amount of data out on the drive.
..permissions

 

[fumei]

Actually, I have got this error (once in a while) on a home computer, not connected to ANY network. It has 100 Gb free disk space - so hardly "full"; and the file was the only application fle open - that is, the only application running was Word, with only one file open. I would hardly call that "too many".

This error is intermittent and I have never found a satisfactory answer. Windows 2000 Pro, running with Admin permissions.

Gerry
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[MeGustaXL]

Check out File>Properties for an idea of your file size. Bet it's MASSIVE! Out of all proportion to what's in the file?

I've seen this occasionally, and it's usually if I've got some embedded objects in the file, especially if I Copy and Paste MS Equations or Pictures linked to another file.

If you think this might be the cause, try deleting the suspect item(s) one by one and saving after each delete.

HTH

Chris

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[SilentAiche]

cY2K,

Have you upgraded Word or your OS recently? If you have, is the document in question something descended from a doc created under the old setup?

I once had a similar problem. We had a Word Template with the State Seal in the header. After an upgrade, I could never save a doc with that header if I used an old doc as a "go by" - I go the same "disk if full" error message. Recreating the Seal under the new setup solved the problem.

Good luck!

Tim

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[hmcgillem]

We are having this problem on certain documents opened in Office 2003. All workstations are running Windows XP. I believe it's because the document is corrupt. The only way we have been able to get around it is to e-mail the document to an internal e-mail account, and OPEN and REPAIR it in Word. The problem is, if we keep using this file, this same problem comes up. Therefore, I suggest recreating the file from scratch if at all possible and not use the problem files.

 

[dcompto]

I have this problem in Word 2000 on Windows 2000 and I have read all the "Disk Full" KB documents on microsoft.com, none of which provide an explanation that makes heads or tails to me. I've always been able to recover the document by doing the following:

1. Copy entire document to clipboard
(Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C)

2. Exit Word, BUT ANSWER "YES" when it prompts something like, "You have a large amount of text saved to the clipboard...do you want it to be available for...".

3. Open Word
Click File > New
Paste clipboard (Ctrl+V).

4. Save the document with a new name
OR SAVE USING THE ORIGINAL FILENAME

HTH

 

[hmcgillem]

Dcompto's suggestion works for the interim - at least your document will be saved. However, if the data you are copying contains corrupt data, it will follow in the new document and you may experience the problem again.

 

[cY2k]

Right, if there's a corruption, it might get carried over...

Here's something that I thought about recently, since this usually happens when I'm using a file as a template; like a form or something. So, what I did was rather than using a Read-Only .doc as a template, I made it a .dot file. I did it a few days ago, and so far, I haven't experienced the "disk full" error.... it could just be coincidence though.

I'll post again if it seems to be working. Anyone tried this before?

 

[tf1]

I'm a bit late joining this, but the error message is often an indication that the document is corrupt or corrupting. It is particularly a problem if you have many tables or formulae in the document.

As a first port of call, I suggest that you make sure that you have cleared out all abandoned temp files. With all applications closed, the temp folder should be completely empty. (This is usually in Documents and Settings>Username>Local Settings>Temp.

Make sure that FastSaves is turned off (tools, Options, Save tab) too.

If you have a corrupt table, try using the text to table and then table to text command which will remove the corruption (and much of your table formatting too unfortunately).



Regards: tf1