File Vault Issue

On an older iMac G4, File Vault was accidentally turned on by one user. Now, when trying to turn file vault off, an "error in copying" message consistently appears. I thought perhaps the problem was insufficient free space, but the individual uers's folder shows as having zero bytes (although the parent User folder shows 10.5 GB) The drive itself has approximately 22GB of free space, so I don't think that's the real issue here. I'd appreciate any other suggestions.

Hi James,
You may need 2 to 5 times as much free space as that Home folder requires to open it.
Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: FileVault - How to verify or repair a home directory image ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2631?viewlocale=en_US

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