Long File Names Error- Windows XP - Unable to copy files between d

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I have a Windows XP Home System with all the latest Service packs and patches
installed; and it has a primary IDE Hard disk and a secondary SCSI HDD
and an IDE CDWriter/DVD.

When I tried to copy files between these drives, it results in the following
error:
" Cannot copy. .....filename..... The resulting file name is too long.
Specify a different file name".

However, I do not have any problem copying same files from/to these drives
to an USB memory Stick and vice-a-versa.

These long files are typically IE favorites or some other downloaded files.

This problem started appearing only in the last one or two months, after
upgrading to additional patches on Service Pack2. This problem was not there
with SP2.

Many of my friends with XP / Home editions have similar problems of copying
long filename files, which we used to copy without any problem few months
earlier. Perhaps it is time for Microsoft to look in to this error.

Unable to get any help from any where on the internet or newsgroups for this
one.
 
The problem is not SP2, nor is it a problem with any other platform per se.
It's a limitation of the file system. It can only handle file names of a
certain length. Technically the same is true on HD, USB drives etc.
 
I am not saying that this is a problem with SP2. I did not have this problem
until recently, I was able to move the "SAME" files regularly between these
drives. The problem started only recently. No BIOS changes were made.
 
The file name themselves have changed. Which, with favorites can happen as
you add.

There is not a problem.
 
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