# File cannot be created

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [February 4, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998 "2004-02-04T01:36:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mangoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@mangoman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mangoman)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998/1 "2004-02-04T01:36:37Z")

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In the process of saving a new page to my site I received  
this message: “Unexpected error occurred. Not enough  
memory available to complete operation. Close other  
programs to make memory available, then try again.”

After naming the page and title I hit save and I received  
this message; “The directory or file cannot be created”.

I have only used 12 MB of space so far. Please help.

I transport my web on a 128MB compact flash card and have  
tried it on both my laptop and desktop. Everything was  
working fine until today.

PLEASE HELP!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998/2 "2004-02-04T01:40:39Z")

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what web design program are you using to create the site?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998/3 "2004-02-04T03:32:53Z")

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I’m using Frontpage 2002. Hope you can help. Thanks

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998/4 "2004-02-04T03:42:11Z")

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where are you saving the file to? and how much space is left where you are saving it to.

🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/file-cannot-be-created/41998/5 "2004-02-04T16:19:18Z")

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I have been building my site using my laptop and a 128 MB compact flash card, E dirve. I back up my work by publishing it to the C drive. I receive the same messages whether I’m working off of C or E. I installed memory in my laptop to 512 RAM and it has a 30gig hard drive, XP home.  
Today I published my site to my desktop (512 RAM, 30gig, windows ME) and it seems to work ok. It is letting me save new pages.  
When I check the properties of the E or C drives of the entire web it shows 538 files, 3 folders, 8933KB. But when I ck the drives in windows explorer it shows 1094 files, 11 folders, size-9.7MB, size on disk-11.2MB. (whatever that means)  
I just wanted to give you as much info as i could, so you could help. Thanks again