what does directory error mean

does anyone know what directory error means

i bet its an error with the directory. just a guess though.

Do you get the error when saving a project over the top of itself ? Seems to be a bug in OS 2.1 unfortunately and I don't think it means anything in particular. Whenever I get the error, I just save the project again and it seems to be fine.

Same here, but sometimes it will happen even if I haven't saved if before, and I want to save all..Like it was mentioend just try to save again it should work..

Pendulum wrote: Whenever I get the error, I just save the project again and it seems to be fine.

metafor wrote:Same here, but sometimes it will happen even if I haven't saved if before, and I want to save all..Like it was mentioend just try to save again it should work..

That will cause data corruption. It will seem to work for a while, then eventually funny things will start to happen including missing files and SYSTEM errors while loading and saving in addition to the DIRECTORY errors .

Not sure if it would work for OS 3.0 cuz I haven't tried yet, and I heard some people were starting to get Directory errors on there too. I know this works for 2.1 though.


Here's the workaround I found to work. It looks a lot worse in type than it really is to do.

tbonus76 wrote:The method I have for avoiding the saving crashes and the new folder bug involves "refreshing" the directory tree before creating the new folder. I was getting the new folder bug quite frequently, but since I started this "refresh technique, I have not gotten a single error. Here's what I do:

1. In the SAVE directory tree, I move the cursor to the folder I want to save to and I hit RENAME, then in the RENAME dialog I hit COPY. This step is only so that I don't have to re-enter the individual letters when I get to step 5.

2. Close the RENAME dialog then delete the folder.

3. Close the directory tree. (At this point, if you go back into the directory tree, you will see that, in fact, the folder you just deleted has magically re-appeared as if it had never been deleted. Going back into the tree is not actually a step I take in the saving process, it is simply something strange I noticed when I was originally troubleshooting it.)

4. Here's where the "refresh" comes in... So after closing the directory tree (step 3), you should be back in the main SAVE dialog. Move the cursor up to the field at the top where you select where you want to save (i.e. MEMORY CARD or INTERNAL MEMORY or HARD DISK if you have one). I then change the option to INTERNAL MEMORY, and then I change it back to MEMORY CARD. That's the "refresh". Now the directory tree correctly reports that the folder was, in fact, deleted.

5. I then hit NEW to make a new folder, then in the NEW FOLDER dialog I hit PASTE (since i copied the name of the folder in step 1).

6. Then I SAVE ENTIRE MEMORY to the folder I just re-created.


I'm assuming this method would work for saving to the hard drive too, but I haven't been able to test that since I don't have a hard drive installed.

As far as I can tell, it is the combination of not overwriting, and "refreshing" that has eliminated the error for me. since I have been saving like this I have had ZERO errors. Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.

I would recommend a backup and reformat if you have been having the error a lot because you probably have some corruption already on the disk which could cause additional headaches later.

how come this ish dont happen on the 4000 but on the 1000, they need to jus stick to the script when they deelop these things

i just resaved it and it worked fine

Did you reformat your flash cards after upgrading the os?

da gifted 1 wrote:i just resaved it and it worked fine

That's how you gets corrupted files. Yes, it will work fine, but a few more directory errors and re-saves and pretty soon you will be mising files, and it will say your disk is full even if it's not, etc., etc.