RandomHero
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MacBookPro 17"
OS X 10.5.6
Problem: MS Office 2004 will not launch
Yesterday I accidentally deleted (permanently) an important folder from my computer. In an effort to resolve the situation myself, I downloaded Data Rescue II. Not realizing the program required an external HD to recover files, I ended up buying a My Book (1TB). When I hooked up the My Book to my computer, it asked if I wanted to use the external HD for Time Machine. I clicked yes, but then stopped the backup process when I realized how long it was going to take. Instead, I reopened Data Rescue II and selected My Book as the source for my recovered files. After about 45 min the program recovered all my deleted files. I searched them, found the ones I wanted and recycled the rest. Afterward, I let TimeMachine resume its backup, which took hours (is that normal?). Anyway, today, when I went to open PowerPoint, the app said, "PowerPoint cannot launch." And when I tried to open Word, I got this error message: "There is not enough memory or disk space to run Word." I am completely confounded. I still have 50 GB of free space on my HD and now 877 GB on my external HD. So far, all my other applications work. What is going on? I have already repaired disk permissions and restarted my computer--still no change. I would really like to avoid reinstalling MS Office, as I don't want to risk losing any data and I'm still not comfortable "backing up" files, templates, etc. I just hope this isn't a symptom of a much bigger problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a major project to finish, so I need Word and PowerPoint ASAP. Thanks in advance...and sorry for the novel.
OS X 10.5.6
Problem: MS Office 2004 will not launch
Yesterday I accidentally deleted (permanently) an important folder from my computer. In an effort to resolve the situation myself, I downloaded Data Rescue II. Not realizing the program required an external HD to recover files, I ended up buying a My Book (1TB). When I hooked up the My Book to my computer, it asked if I wanted to use the external HD for Time Machine. I clicked yes, but then stopped the backup process when I realized how long it was going to take. Instead, I reopened Data Rescue II and selected My Book as the source for my recovered files. After about 45 min the program recovered all my deleted files. I searched them, found the ones I wanted and recycled the rest. Afterward, I let TimeMachine resume its backup, which took hours (is that normal?). Anyway, today, when I went to open PowerPoint, the app said, "PowerPoint cannot launch." And when I tried to open Word, I got this error message: "There is not enough memory or disk space to run Word." I am completely confounded. I still have 50 GB of free space on my HD and now 877 GB on my external HD. So far, all my other applications work. What is going on? I have already repaired disk permissions and restarted my computer--still no change. I would really like to avoid reinstalling MS Office, as I don't want to risk losing any data and I'm still not comfortable "backing up" files, templates, etc. I just hope this isn't a symptom of a much bigger problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a major project to finish, so I need Word and PowerPoint ASAP. Thanks in advance...and sorry for the novel.
