Microsoft KB Archive/188087

= Err Msg: The Following Files and Subdirectories Exist in Both... =

Article ID: 188087

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q188087



SYMPTOMS
While you are uncompressing a drive compressed with DriveSpace, you may receive the following error message

Cannot Uncompress

The following files and subdirectories exist in both the root directory of drive and the root directory of drive :

Windows cannot uncompress drive because files or subdirectories with the same names exist on drive. Rename all conflicting files and subdirectories on drive, and then try again.

where is the drive letter of your compressed drive, and drive 2> is drive letter of your uncompressed drive.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if there are duplicate files on both the compressed drive and the uncompressed drive.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, rename any duplicate files in the root folder of either drive, and then attempt to uncompress the compressed drive again.



MORE INFORMATION
During the uncompression process, information from both the host drive and the compressed drive are restored to a single drive. To prevent data loss or damage, DriveSpace does not overwrite duplicate files.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB188087

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