20th September 2002

Question: I have Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and I cannot unpack my presentation from the floppy disk. It just keeps asking me for the next floppy disk. How do I get my presentation unpacked?

Answer: I don't know exactly why this is happening, but I DO know a workaround for you. Click Start, then Run; type "cmd" (sans quotes) and click "OK." At the command prompt, type "c:" (sans quotes) and press Enter, then type "cd \" (sans quotes) and press Enter, and then type "md MyPresentation" (sans quotes) and press Enter. Now, you will have to complete the following steps for each floppy disk that contains your presentation. Insert your disk in the floppy drive and then type "copy a:\*.* c:\mypresentation\*.*" (sans quotes) and then press Enter. (Make sure to replace a: with your floppy drive's drive letter.) Once you have copied all the floppies in your presentation, then you can unpack it by typing "c:\mypresentation\pngsetup.exe" and then pressing Enter. When you are prompted for the next disk, just click "OK." PowerPoint will prompt you to run the slide show now, so go ahead and click "Yes.".