Microsoft KB Archive/115199

= Too Many Files in Root Directory Generates DriveSpace Err Msgs =

Article ID: 115199

Article Last Modified on 11/18/1999

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APPLIES TO


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

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This article was previously published under Q115199



SYMPTOMS
If you have more than 500 files in the root directory of your startup drive and you run DoubleSpace or DriveSpace, you receive one of the following error messages  

Too many files in the root directory, remove some files from the root and try this operation again.

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Error Copying

where is DRVSPACE.BIN, DRVSPACE.EXE, DEFRAG.EXE, DRVSPACE.HLP, or DRVSPACE.INF.

The error message you receive depends on the number of files in your root directory and whether or not DoubleSpace or DriveSpace is already installed on your system.

If you try to convert a DoubleSpace-compressed drive to a DriveSpace- compressed drive, you may receive the following error message:

There is not enough free space on your original startup drive, which is now drive C. DriveSpace will need at least 0.58 MB of free space on that drive. Delete some files from that drive, and try this operation again.



CAUSE
These error messages are displayed when there are too many files in the root directory of your compressed drive or host drive.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, delete a few files from the root directory, or move them to a subdirectory.

Additional query words: dblspace 6.00

Keywords: KB115199

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