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UnseenWorld · 09-11-2002, 04:36 PM

After using my external (USB-2) hard drive many times in recent weeks to back up files on my two internal hard drives, all of a sudden I can't back up directories with large numbers of files without it stopping with a "The Path Is Too Deep" error. Anyone ever heard of this and how to solve it?

I tried looking it up on the Microsoft site and the explanation I get there is that there are too many characters in the directory name string, but both source and target are top-level directories with only like 20 character names (I can see perhaps if I was sourcing or targeting a very deep directory with lengthy names along the way, but I haven't had this kind of trouble in the past).

Of course, I could call Microsoft, but I'll be charged by the minute even if I'm discussing something THEY fucked up in their software, so I thought I'd try looking for someone who's run into this and fixed it before.

What do you have to say?

09-11-2002, 04:36 PM
UnseenWorld Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Portland, OR, USA Posts: 5,279	"The Path Is Too Deep" Error in XP After using my external (USB-2) hard drive many times in recent weeks to back up files on my two internal hard drives, all of a sudden I can't back up directories with large numbers of files without it stopping with a "The Path Is Too Deep" error. Anyone ever heard of this and how to solve it? I tried looking it up on the Microsoft site and the explanation I get there is that there are too many characters in the directory name string, but both source and target are top-level directories with only like 20 character names (I can see perhaps if I was sourcing or targeting a very deep directory with lengthy names along the way, but I haven't had this kind of trouble in the past). Of course, I could call Microsoft, but I'll be charged by the minute even if I'm discussing something THEY fucked up in their software, so I thought I'd try looking for someone who's run into this and fixed it before. What do you have to say? __________________ SIG TOO BIG! Maximum 120x60 button and no more than 3 text lines of DEFAULT SIZE and COLOR. Unless your sig is for a GFY top banner sponsor, then you may use a 624x80 instead of a 120x60.