CS5 - Can't save to firewire drives "file open by another application" error

Hi There,
We can't seem to use Fireworks CS5 with external drives. If we have a file open and try to save back to the disk, we receive an error saying it could not save because the file is open by another application - "Save As" seems to work though.
Is any one else experiencing this or have a fix?
Cheers
Ben

Thanks for that Sarthak,
I don't have a USB drive but can confirm that I can save files when the file is on the mac desktop or on a USB stick without any issues.
So yes, at this point I think the issue is confined to Firewire drives (at least on my system which is 10.5.8).
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