Illustrator Can't Save Illustration

I am using Illustrator 10 and I get a message that says "Can't save illustration" sometimes. This does not happen all the time. I can save the file as an EPS file when I can't save it as an illustrator file. Today I got another message after trying to click save when the can't save illustration message appeared. This message said that "You are saving this document in Adobe Illustrator 1.0/1.1 format. Saving this document in an older format may disable some editing features when the document is read back in. I was trying to save it in Illustrator 10 as an Illustrator 10 file. The only versions of Illustrator that have been on my computer are Illustrator 9,10 and CS. I did try uninstalling everything and just installing 10, but the problem still persists. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Diane

Diane,
The issue may have a number of causes:
If it is corrupted preferences, you may may try to
Move the folder. The strangeness of Illy versions may indicate something like that.
It may also be something about fonts, in which case removing type should change it, or that the artwork extends outside the workspace.
Can you save to PDF, keeping Illustrator editing capabilities?

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