I am running a fresh install of Vista Business. I am having no other problems
really, but this one is making a healthy attempt at trashing all of my
college work.

When I open a file from my USB drive, then make alterations and save back to
the drive I get the error as per the subject. I am able to save the file onto
the hard drive instead, but this is a really annoying and time consuming
problem. That has only appeared since moving to Vista.

If I try to open a file after this problem has arisen I get the error
message "Word experienced an error trying to open the file" It then tries to
recover the data but usually corrupts the data or wipes it...

Any ideas??