Issues saving to external storage

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packers12
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Issues saving to external storage

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I'm writing a book and accidentally bent the flash drive the book was on. The data from the book was transferred to a new flash drive but when I went to save new info on it, the message said I didn't have permission to use the new flash drive. Any idea why this message came up (it never did when I used the old flash drive for two years) and how to do a workaround so I can save new info to the new flash drive. I need to complete my book as soon as possible.
Thank you for any assistance with this.
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It is possible that Windows Defender, or your anti-virus, is preventing access to the external storage - see [Tutorial] Problems with Windows Defender under Windows 10 for some advice.

As a work around, save to your internal storage ('hard drive') and use your file manager to copy to the external storage device.
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robleyd wrote:As a work around, save to your internal storage ('hard drive') and use your file manager to copy to the external storage device.
I would say it is a must. There are several topics here about files definitively lost because of an issue when saving directly from AOO on an USB key.
Not sure if the problem has been fixed in a recent version but working directly on the external key should be avoided.
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Also, for any work of importance, a timed/dated backup policy should be in place. The timed/dated backup extension can be downloaded from

http://flowcont.hu/LO_oxt_store/oxt/tim ... v1-2-0.oxt

Note that you must invoke it separately using its button; it does not replace the standard save mechanism. This extension works on OpenOffice and LibreOffice.
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Outside of OpenOffice, can you see the flash drive mounted as a drive? If not, try booting with the flash drive inserted; is it now found? Can you move a file to or from it using the Windows file manager?
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Sounds like an OS problem not one related to OO. Threads like this may help:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/win ... f6be704ffc

I've had problems with flash drives falling to bits - you may find an Sdcard more robust.
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I have known some USB sticks that would not be identified by plugging in; but which were identified and mounted if inserted before computer boot.
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