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+import os
+import shutil
+
+def createDirectoriesfunc():
+    def make_if_dont_exist(folder_path,overwrite):
+        """
+        creates a folder if it does not exists
+        input:
+        folder_path : relative path of the folder which needs to be created
+        over_write :(default: False) if True overwrite the existing folder
+        """
+        if os.path.exists(folder_path):
+
+            if not overwrite:
+                print(f"{folder_path} exists.")
+            else:
+                print(f"{folder_path} overwritten")
+                shutil.rmtree(folder_path)
+                os.makedirs(folder_path)
+
+        else:
+            os.makedirs(folder_path)
+            print(f"{folder_path} created!")
+
+
+
+    base_directory = 'D:/MRI - Tairawhiti (User POV)'
+    new_folder_name = ['nnUNet Data', 'Raw NIFITI Segmentation Masks (3D Slicer Output)', 'Pre-Trained Models (Google Colab)', 'Model Code', 'Raw DICOM MRI Scans', 'Patient Segmentation Tasks (Google Colab)']
+    overwrite = False
+    for new_fname in new_folder_name:
+        folder_path = os.path.join(base_directory, new_fname)
+        make_if_dont_exist(folder_path, overwrite)
+
+
+    base_directory = 'D:/MRI - Tairawhiti (User POV)/nnUNet Data'
+    new_folder_name = ['masks', 'multiclass_masks', 'scans']
+    for new_fname in new_folder_name:
+        folder_path = os.path.join(base_directory, new_fname)
+        make_if_dont_exist(folder_path, overwrite)
+
+
+    base_directory = 'D:/MRI - Tairawhiti (User POV)/nnUNet Data/masks'
+    new_folder_name = ['FEMUR', 'FIBULA', 'TIBIA', 'PELVIS']
+    for new_fname in new_folder_name:
+        folder_path = os.path.join(base_directory, new_fname)
+        make_if_dont_exist(folder_path, overwrite)