PC Review


Reply
Thread Tools Rate Thread

can't copy files to thumb drive please help

 
 
batugajah
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      18th Mar 2008

Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
please.thanks in advance
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Olórin
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      18th Mar 2008
batugajah wrote:
> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
> me please.thanks in advance


What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+deep%22&meta=

Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's located
at, for instance

C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought up\Extremely
funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely funny login name I
thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new camera\Holiday
pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in Katmandu.jpg

then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255 characters,
which I'd hazard is your problem here.


 
Reply With Quote
 
Olórin
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      18th Mar 2008
Olórin wrote:
> batugajah wrote:
>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
>> me please.thanks in advance

>
> What have you tried so far? Google would be a good place to start:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...+deep%22&meta=
>
> Sounds like the full path to the files is too long. If your file's
> located at, for instance
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Extremely funny login name I thought
> up\Extremely funny login name I thought up's Documents\Extremely
> funny login name I thought up's Pictures\Digital photos from our new
> camera\Holiday pictures\2007\August\Me and all my chums in
> Katmandu.jpg
> then the path is 268 characters long. There's a limit of 255
> characters, which I'd hazard is your problem here.


PS It looks like robocopy doesn't have this problem so you could try using
that. By default it supports "very long path (> 256 characters)", which can
be turned of with a "/256" switch.

http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

Oh, is it 256? Thought it was 255.... nev' mind.


 
Reply With Quote
 
Touch Base
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      18th Mar 2008

"Olórin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Olórin wrote:
>> batugajah wrote:
>>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
>>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
>>> me please.thanks in advance

>>



The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length


 
Reply With Quote
 
batugajah
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      20th Mar 2008
>Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has a problem.

"Touch Base" wrote:

>
> "Olórin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Olórin wrote:
> >> batugajah wrote:
> >>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and
> >>> I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help
> >>> me please.thanks in advance
> >>

>
>
> The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
> The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
> Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length
>
>
>

 
Reply With Quote
 
Olórin
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      25th Mar 2008
batugajah wrote:
>> Thanks for the help it seems that the connection of the usb hub has
>> a problem.

>
> "Touch Base" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Olórin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Olórin wrote:
>>>> batugajah wrote:
>>>>> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep]
>>>>> and I can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can
>>>>> anyone help me please.thanks in advance
>>>>

>>
>>
>> The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
>> The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters
>> long. Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for
>> path length


Thanks for reporting back!


 
Reply With Quote
 
Kaja
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      9th Apr 2008

If you search "file+path+too+deep" on Google you will see a number of
responses about this error.
Best Regards,
Kaja
"batugajah" wrote:

>
> Can't copy files to thumbdrive getting error [file path too deep] and I
> can't transfer files to my pda also thru activesync.Can anyone help me
> please.thanks in advance

 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Help- Recovering overwritten files on USB Thumb Drive? Sentler Windows XP General 8 22nd Apr 2012 10:00 PM
How To View Files Of Superfetch Cache In Readyboost Thumb Drive CS Windows Vista General Discussion 1 13th Jul 2006 11:36 PM
Can I use a USB Thumb Drive to act as a key to allow access to files on a Desktop PC? PaceMkrRep@Hotmail.com Windows XP Security 1 5th Jun 2006 07:28 PM
Can you unerase files from a USB flash memory thumb drive? =?Utf-8?B?QW5keSBXYXluZQ==?= Windows XP Help 4 1st Dec 2005 09:02 PM
cannot copy files from a thumb drive to the hard drive? =?Utf-8?B?U3RldmU=?= Windows XP Help 1 5th Nov 2004 11:57 PM


Features
 

Advertising
 

Newsgroups
 


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:09 AM.