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Originally Posted by leon
Hi Guys, maybe someone could suggest what the issue is with moving folders to an external H/D.
I have many folders, and now that my computer is playing up I want to make a second copy of the complete photo folders to an other external H/D
All folders have names, some short, some a bit longer, and some in between, however when i start to move the files to the external drive it copies some and than stops and tells me that it cant copy certain folders because the name of the folder is to long.  
I know some one may suggest to shorten the names of the folders, but that is something i really don't want to do, besides there are about 4000 folders 
Is this normal |
If the external disk is not formatted as NTFS you can't use the long names that you can on the internal disk.
Do you use the disk on any PCs which are not running XP or later? If not you can change the format to NTFS with the "convert" utility built in to Windows. Run "help convert" to get the syntax.
Once it has NTFS format you can use long names, but you might find you can not eject the disk without shutting down the system. It is critically important that you do remove the disk properly. NTFS is much more complex than FAT or FAT32 and does not take kindly to being shut down uncleanly, or the cable pulled without ejecting.