This to be an issue with some versions of Word. I can't find which version you have and there are ISSUES that involve both the OS and Word.
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Bob
I have a 2GB Buffalo DriveStation attached to a Seagate Dockstar for network connectivity. I keep having an issue with my Word Documents getting corrupted, seemingly instantly. If I save a Word document anywhere on my drive, it seems to be corrupted, and I cannot recover it.
If I save it locally and have no issues, and then make a copy on the shared drive, the shared drive copy will not open. I don't get this!
It only seems to be an issue with MS Word Documents. Has anyone come across something like this before?

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