Microsoft KB Archive/98295

= DoubleSpace Err Msg: ...Crosslink Between Files C: and C =

Article ID: 98295

Article Last Modified on 11/19/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q98295



This information applies to both Microsoft DoubleSpace and Microsoft DriveSpace. For MS-DOS 6.22, use DRVSPACE in place of DBLSPACE for commands and filenames.



SYMPTOMS
DoubleSpace displays the following error message:

DoubleSpace found Crosslink between files C: and C:



CAUSE
This error occurs when your system has cross-linked files.

The reason drive letters are displayed rather than filenames and the two &quot;files&quot; shown are the same is because there are cross-linked entries in the MDFAT. Because these entries (or clusters) are marked as allocated in the MDFAT but free in the FAT, they are not considered to be parts of any file or files.



WORKAROUND
To correct the cross-linked entries in the MDFAT, run CHKDSK /F. If CHKDSK does not correct the problem, either obtain MS-DOS 6.22 or later and run MS- DOS ScanDisk on the DoubleSpace-compressed drive, or obtain a third- party DoubleSpace-aware surface scan program.

For more information about MDFAT, query on the following words in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

mdfat and doublespace

Additional query words: 6.00 6.20 double space dblspace crosslinked

Keywords: KB98295

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