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October 2nd, 2000 21:00
SCANDISK ERROR
this is for a friend of mine running windows 95,while running scandisk this error came up---Drive X contains errors that must be corrected before the drive can be compressed. To correct them run ScanDisk.
ID Number: DRVSPACE 306
so i looked it up and this is what i found--RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
Start ScanDisk. Click the Automatically Fix Errors check box to clear it, and then begin checking the drive.
When you receive the error message
The folder could not be opened in MS-DOS mode because its complete short name was longer than 66 characters.
make a note of the path that is longer than 66 characters, and then click Ignore. If you receive more than one such message, note each path.
After ScanDisk is finished, move each folder whose path contains more than 66 characters to another location with a shorter path.
Perform the DriveSpace operation you want.
After the DriveSpace operation is finished, move each folder that you moved in step 3 back to its original location.
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I need to know how to move the files that are found and where can i move them to. Then how to put them back where they were. THANKS IN ADVANCE BOB
ID Number: DRVSPACE 306
so i looked it up and this is what i found--RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, follow these steps:
Start ScanDisk. Click the Automatically Fix Errors check box to clear it, and then begin checking the drive.
When you receive the error message
The folder could not be opened in MS-DOS mode because its complete short name was longer than 66 characters.
make a note of the path that is longer than 66 characters, and then click Ignore. If you receive more than one such message, note each path.
After ScanDisk is finished, move each folder whose path contains more than 66 characters to another location with a shorter path.
Perform the DriveSpace operation you want.
After the DriveSpace operation is finished, move each folder that you moved in step 3 back to its original location.
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I need to know how to move the files that are found and where can i move them to. Then how to put them back where they were. THANKS IN ADVANCE BOB
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October 3rd, 2000 06:00
As for moving the files and creating new folders, you can use Windows Explorer for that. Windows Explorer will let you select one or all of the files that can be moved into the new folder or back again.