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Cannot copy file (87) The Parameter Is Incorrect 1

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Matonski

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Jul 5, 2004
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Hello,

I have a very odd problem. I'm trying to migrate user data, across the network, from a couple of NTFS volumes on a Windows 2000 server to new Windows 2003 hardware. Some files, of differing types, report the error 'Cannot copy file (87) The Parameter Is Incorrect'. I've tried using XCopy, Robocopy and even Windows Explorer. I've also had the same problem copying from some XP workstations to a server volume, and vice-versa.

I am doing this when logged in as a Domain Admin and have full permissions to the source and destination.

I can open the files and 'save as', so the files don't seem to be corrupt. The file path and file names don't contain any illegal characters, and the path length is fairly short.

I have Googled for a solution but drawn a blank.
Any advice greatly received.
Cheers.
 
Found this via google search.. see if it helps

This error (Cannot copy file (87)) occurs when a file over 4GB in size is being copied from an NTFS partition to a FAT32 partition. The error is because the maximum size of a file that can be stored on FAT32 is 4GB. This is a restriction of the file system The only solution is to backup to a file system that can stores files of that size, e.g. NTFS.

This error can also occur when copying files to a SharePoint server and the file is of a restricted type. For example, a SharePoint server may be configured not to allow .PST files to be copied to it.

 
Thanks for the reply, but I'd seen that one too.

Unfortunately this is not the problem. The files I'm copying are well under the 4GB limit, and I'm copying from and to NTFS volumes.

Something else which might be worth mentioning is that both Symantec Storage Exec and Executive Software Undelete are installed on the source server.

I also get the same error when copying files to a different volume on the same server, i.e. data not going across the network.
Cheers.
 
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