| "PMCK" <(E-Mail Removed)>
| wrote in message news:1E573CD7-61E8-47F5-BA2B-(E-Mail Removed)
| Is there any way to get around the limit on the number of
| characters for a file name when burning. My teacher wife has
| very descriptive names for her files and when trying to save
| to a cd they get truncated. Happens with XP assistant as well
| as Nero. Thanks

The Backup Utility (ntbackup.exe) preserves long file names.
So you could use it to create a Microsoft Backup File (*.bkf)
containing the files in question. Then burn this *.bkf to your
CD-R(W).

For more information search the Windows XP Professional Help
and Support Center for the following phrases and read topics
by those titles:

Backing up files and folders
Restoring files and folders

And if your Operating System is Windows XP Home
Edition see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

KB302894 - HOW TO: Install Backup from the CD-ROM in
Windows XP Home Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302894

KB311246 - VALUEADD and SUPPORT Folders Are
Not Included on OEM CD-ROMs
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311246

Said Teacher Wife could also learn to use acronyms. Sometimes we all
wish that we had been forced to learn Gregg Shorthand!
Gene K

"Carrie Garth" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> | "PMCK" <(E-Mail Removed)> | wrote in message
> news:1E573CD7-61E8-47F5-BA2B-(E-Mail Removed) | Is there
> any way to get around the limit on the number of | characters for a
> file name when burning. My teacher wife has | very descriptive names
> for her files and when trying to save | to a cd they get truncated.
> Happens with XP assistant as well | as Nero. Thanks
>
> The Backup Utility (ntbackup.exe) preserves long file names. So you
> could use it to create a Microsoft Backup File (*.bkf) containing the
> files in question. Then burn this *.bkf to your CD-R(W).
>
> For more information search the Windows XP Professional Help and
> Support Center for the following phrases and read topics by those
> titles:
>
> Backing up files and folders Restoring files and folders
>
> And if your Operating System is Windows XP Home Edition see the
> following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
>
> KB302894 - HOW TO: Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home
> Edition
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302894
>
>
> KB311246 - VALUEADD and SUPPORT Folders Are Not Included on OEM
> CD-ROMs
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;311246
>
>