I requested for a new office PC and I am moving to my new PC. I am stuck by how painful the experience is. After getting used to the Apple devices (ipad, ipod, etc.) I am now very aware of all the pains that I am putting up with my PC.
Moving or Copying Files and Folders
Moving or Copying Files and Folders
I am simply trying to copy my documents and other folders to an external drive so that I can copy them back in my new PC. Currently I am at Windows XP. It made me realize how deficient the Windows Copy command is. It routinely stopped and gave me complaining about something or the other and gave me no way to continue with my action unless I started over. For example, it stopped if a file is in use. It stopped if it encountered a file that it thought had a long file name. If Windows can create that file in it's file system, I dont understand why it cant delete it. The fact that Microsoft could write an article to deal with this issue is baffling to me:
I finally deleted my offending file with the long name by using the tips at:
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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?)
Path Too Long
To work around this problem, reduce the length of the path to less than 256
characters.
In Windows Explorer, select the folder one level above the folder that
returns the error. Right-click the folder returning the error and then click
Rename. Rename the folder to reduce the number of characters used in the
folder name.
Rename the folder so that the target files that are deeper than the MAX_PATH
no longer exist. If you do this, start at the root folder (or any other
convenient place), and then rename folders so that they have shorter names.
Rename subfolders in the path to a file so that the total path or file name
is less than the max_path setting or 256 characters. Start with subfolders
that are closer to the root so that you are always working with less than
256 characters.
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;320081
To work around this problem, reduce the length of the path to less than 256
characters.
In Windows Explorer, select the folder one level above the folder that
returns the error. Right-click the folder returning the error and then click
Rename. Rename the folder to reduce the number of characters used in the
folder name.
Rename the folder so that the target files that are deeper than the MAX_PATH
no longer exist. If you do this, start at the root folder (or any other
convenient place), and then rename folders so that they have shorter names.
Rename subfolders in the path to a file so that the total path or file name
is less than the max_path setting or 256 characters. Start with subfolders
that are closer to the root so that you are always working with less than
256 characters.
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;320081
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SyncBack utility
Finally I gave up Windows commands and downloaded the freeware SyncBack. It was a breeze to use. It still could not deal with long name issues but it made my task of backups much easier.
Essentially, I am copying my Documents and Settings folder to an external drive so that I can copy back the contents.
To Be Continued...
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