diff --git a/CI/before_script.msvc.sh b/CI/before_script.msvc.sh
index 792053ad4..3ffca88de 100644
--- a/CI/before_script.msvc.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.msvc.sh
@@ -419,8 +419,12 @@ fi
 		# get the current working drive's root, we'll install to that temporarily
 		CWD_DRIVE_ROOT="$(powershell -command '(get-location).Drive.Root')Boost_temp"
 		CWD_DRIVE_ROOT_BASH=$(echo "$CWD_DRIVE_ROOT" | sed "s,\\\\,/,g" | sed "s,\(.\):,/\\1,")
-		
-		if [ -d Boost ] && grep "BOOST_VERSION 106700" Boost/boost/version.hpp > /dev/null; then
+		if [ -d CWD_DRIVE_ROOT_BASH ] then
+			printf "Cannot continue, ${CWD_DRIVE_ROOT_BASH} aka ${CWD_DRIVE_ROOT} already exists. Please remove before re-running. "
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		if [ -d ${BOOST_SDK} ] && grep "BOOST_VERSION 106700" Boost/boost/version.hpp > /dev/null; then
 			printf "Exists. "
 		elif [ -z $SKIP_EXTRACT ]; then
 			rm -rf Boost