PSS ID Number: 149166
Article Last Modified on 8/15/2003
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q149166
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you open a workbook that has a file size equal to
or greater than the free space on a disk, and you then save the workbook,
you may receive the error message
Disk is Full
followed by:
Document not saved.
For example, if you open a 710-kilobyte (KB) workbook on a 1.44-megabyte
(MB) disk, and you then change and save the workbook, you will receive the
error messages.
CAUSE
When you save a file that you changed in some way, Microsoft Excel saves
the file with a temporary file name with a .tmp file name extension and
places this file in the same directory as the original file. The
original file is then deleted and the temporary file is renamed with the
original file name. Therefore, the amount of free disk space on the drive
must be greater than the file size times two. If it is not, then you
will receive the message "Disk is Full."
WORKAROUND
To avoid this error message, copy the file to your hard disk drive
before you work with it. After you make modifications, save the file to
the hard disk and then copy it back onto the floppy disk.
REFERENCES
For additional information on the process Microsoft Excel uses for
saving files, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
103329
XL: Error Message When You Try to Save a File
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