Microsoft KB Archive/109847

= ScanDisk Err Msg: Directory Tree on This Drive Too Deep... =

Article ID: 109847

Article Last Modified on 11/15/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft MS-DOS 6.22 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q109847



SYMPTOMS
When ScanDisk is processing the directory structure, the following error message may appear:

The directory tree on this drive is too deep to examine



CAUSE
The above error message is generated when a large number of files exist in a single directory. The maximum number of files you can include before receiving this error depends on the cluster size of the drive and the number of expected recursions for ScanDisk.   Cluster Size of        Maximum Number of Files the Drive               in a Directory ---

512 bytes (floppy)  ~ 1280  give or take    16 2K                ~ 5120  give or take    64 4K                ~10240  give or take   256 8K                ~20480  give or take  1024 16K                ~40960  give or take  4096 32K                ~81920  give or take 16384



RESOLUTION
All files must be moved from the original directory to two or more new directories so that the maximum number of files (shown above) is not exceeded.

Create the new directories and copy or move a number of files (less than the limit shown above) to each directory until all files are copied or moved from the original directory. Then, delete the original directory. The original directory must be deleted; otherwise, the clusters that were storing the files remain attached to the original directory structure. At this point, you may rerun ScanDisk.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.20

Keywords: KB109847

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