corrupt file

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I would like to know the error message that appears when excel give whe
it cannot open a corrupt file
,or how do i corrupt a file to get the message

thanks.
 
One way to corrupt a file is to save and open it directly from a floppy Once
file gets larger than 1/2 of the space available on the floppy it should corrupt
it

You will get different error messages depending on the type of corruption -- you
could get a "file is not accessable" You could get a blue screen

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: I would like to know the error message that appears when excel give when
: it cannot open a corrupt file
: ,or how do i corrupt a file to get the message
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: thanks..
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I wonder if "a good way to corrupt a file" sounds like an idiomatic
expression to others. (an expression that makes no sense by the wording).

Anyway while use of a floppy drive is very unreliable, I'd hardly say that
you are necessarily going to corrupt your data, I think you are more likely
to lose your changes.

I don't know that you are going to get just one kind of message, or whether
that message would be indicative of a particular failure.

One way that Excel files are frequently destroyed is to open an Excel file
in MS Word and to save it. I don't know if that is the most frequent
cause but Excel itself seems to sufficient for most people. Purposely
misusing a hex editor would be one way to destroy any file.

I have a page on Backing up and recoverying data, nothing there on
methods useful to destroy a file (at least I hope not).
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/backup.htm
 
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