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cannot open excel file it cant be accessed

Asked by rasoul

Dear Reader,

About one year ago I saved my thesis essential documents containing Excel documents on a CD (Compact Disk recordable; 52X multi speed). Then I checked the CD. All the files would open correctly. But now I cannot open most of the excel files except a few from the CD. Microsoft Excel error is " 'file name.xls' cannot be accessed. The file may be read-only, or you may trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document is stored on may not be responding". when I click cancel, another error appears: " Cannot access 'file name.xls' ". I do not think the files have been damaged because, when I open the properties the size on disk has not be changed. Furthermore I have tried "open and repair" option opening the files, but it was useless. It is needed to say these files cannot be copied either. The copying error is: " Cannot copy filename: Cannot read from the source file or disk.". I will be so appreciated if you can help me opening the files. They are so essential for me.

Sincerely Rasoul Abbasi

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Larry Jordan (larryjor) said : 		#1

     While it is true that if you saved the files on a CDR (not a CDRW) they can't be written to and will have to be opened as 'read-only', you should be able to view the contents. You say you clicked on cancel - have you tried just opening them as read only? If you need to be able to change the contents, try using 'save-as' option and saving it to you hard drive. Or is it possible to open and repair and then save repaired file to hard drive?

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