Please Help!! "A File I/O Error Has Occurred" every time I try to save...

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September 24, 2008
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I'm working on a postcard design for print purposes with several embedded images and text elements. I've saved successfully several times early on, but suddenly, every time I attempt to save, I get the message "A File I/O Error Has Occurred". I need to get this to the printer, but can't make important changes now. HELP!

Thanks,
paul

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Correct answer Muhammed22631711njye

Just saving (Save As) to another drive solved my issue.

Journey:

I used to save it on E:\ by clicking Ctrl+S (Save). Once the error occurred, I reached this forum and found @cs33498553 's answer:

I was able to save from CS 5 to my 8G external drive.

I just tried to save it to G:\ and it was successful.

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NotInUse

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I can't say specifically, the File I/O error clearly indicates that Illustrator can't write to wherever you are asking it to write to. Could be a server without proper permissions, a jump drive formatted as NTFS, a Diskette that's full or locked, etc.

Larry G. Schneider

Community Expert

Check the Trash on the jump drive. It may need to be emptied.

wmd64083114

Participant

Emptying the trash doesn't work for me. I have three internal hard drives and it won't save as an .AI or .PDF to any other them. However, I can save the file as an EPS. I can also export for web. It's very frustrating.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

"Emptying the trash doesn't work for me. I have three internal hard drives and it won't save as an .AI or .PDF to any other them. However, I can save the file as an EPS. I can also export for web. It's very frustrating."

Please create a new thread. It's close to impossible to further discuss in this thread, because your post can hardly be found. Also: this is old.

In your new thread please tell us your system and version and exactly where you are saving.

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_Paul_A_Clark_Author

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Crazy! Wasn't saving to a server, but to a 2-gig jump drive. When I saved it to my mac's hard drive, no problem. Is there a short answer to why that happens? I didn't appear to be out of space on the external drive...

Thanks Scott!

paul