You could be right, badpolarbear. My experience has been that this is typical of a floppy that wasn't/isn't formatted properly before writting to it.
I've seen this happen too many times. You saved to the floppy but then it won't open because the files need to open are overwritten. That's why you should always format a floppy before using. I'd even format new "Formatted" floppys.
There's a chance of recovering and a detailed explaination in this MSKB article: .
brad
