File Path Too Deep Error. When copying via USB2 PCI card.

[pmaths]

I have a problem when trying to copy or move larger "300MB+" files from my local hard disk to a hard disk or flash drive connected via a USB 2 PCI card I have installed.

When I attempt to transfer a larger file I get either the error "file path too deep" or the PC hangs. I have this same issue on two different PCI USB2 cards I have tried "ALI chipset and NEC chipset". I can however copy the files succesfully via the USB 1.1 ports that are connected directly on the motherboard.

The location I'm copying from and too are both on the root of the drives and have short filenames so there is no problem with the path or filename length.

I'm running Windows XP Home sp2 and have the latest available drivers for the PCI cards installed. If I bring my hard disk caddy into work and copy the same files onto and from my work PC via the motherboard USB 2 ports then all is good, so not an external hardware issue.

Searching the web I have found many people that have reported this fault but none that have clearly ressolved the problem.

If anyone can offer any advice on ressolving this issue it would be gratefully received, as it's been driving me mad.

Cheers in advance.

 

[lhuegele]

You must remember that there are still limitations on total path size - I think it's 255 characters. There are also issues when files names have extended characters or spaces in the name. Here are some suggestions:

- Make sure all the files you want to copy are in the root, and not burried folders and folders deep.
- Make sure your files name don't have spaces, extra periods, quote marks, or other extended characters. Use the underscore for spaces if you must have them, and other than the dash mark, don't use any extra characters like periods and commas in your file names. This goes for your subfolder names as well - remove all spaces, extra periods, etc.

Good luck,

 

[pmaths]

Thanks for the advice lhuegele - unfortunatly I've already been down the path of copying files from and too the route of the drive and so not hitting any problems with dir character length etc... Also, there are no spaces or other characters ,- etc... within the file name.