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.

 

[clbuck29]

Are you trying to just drag and drop the files? If so, I would suggest trying to use XCOPY or ROBOCOPY for that large of files.

 

[pmaths]

Hi - Thanks for the tip - unfortunatly XCOPY returns the same results, although now my PC tends to hang instead of reporting the error.

 

[dglienna]

Pretty hard not to do 300mb with a 500gb external drive.
Had no problems with a lot bigger than that.

-David
2006 & 2007 Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
2006 Dell Certified System Professional (CSP)

 

[clbuck29]

Couple of more tricks I have been reading elsewhere about--Try using a file with no special characters<>Try zipping the file and moving<>Also, possibility that destination drive or the currently used drive has errors.

 

[ceh4702]

Probably either the USB2 Card or something in your BIOS.

If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[ArizonaGeek]

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago when trying to move a couple of terabytes of data from one server to another. My resolution wasn't pretty but without having to go thru every folder and move some folders out, it was by far the easiest. I just backed the entire drive up to tape then did a restore to the other server and it worked perfect. Then just did a format of the drive. The other thing you can try is to create a ghost image of the drive, restore it back to another drive then delete the files you don't need from both drives.

These are probably your best solutions, I couldn't find any software that worked to move deep folders.

Cheers
Rob

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