Err Msg: The Following Files and Subdirectories Exist in Both... (188087)
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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 <drive 1> and the root directory of drive <drive 2>:
<file 1>
<file 2>
<file 3>
Windows cannot uncompress drive <drive 1> because files or
subdirectories with the same names exist on drive <drive 2>. Rename all
conflicting files and subdirectories on drive <drive 1>, and then try again.
where <drive 1> 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.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/16/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbprb KB188087 |
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