files with long name won't store on usb drive

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Steve Miller

Hello!

I run WinXP Media Center on my computer. Recently, I added an USB flash drive to be able to carry
certain files to print them on an other computer.

Today I notice I can't store .eml files with an longer name though on the hard drive the same file
will store and keep the long name as well.

My question, how could I transfer the files and their long name to the USB flash drive (1 GB drive )?

Thank you,
Steve
 
Hello!

I run WinXP Media Center on my computer. Recently, I added an USB flash
drive to be able to carry
certain files to print them on an other computer.

Today I notice I can't store .eml files with an longer name though on the
hard drive the same file
will store and keep the long name as well.

My question, how could I transfer the files and their long name to the USB
flash drive (1 GB drive )?

Thank you,
Steve


rename them
 
Hello philo,

why does the usb drive doesn't allow me to store files and their origional names. Do you know?

Steve
 
Steve said:
Hello philo,

why does the usb drive doesn't allow me to store files and their
origional names. Do you know?

Steve
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How is the device formatted ?
What file system is being used ?
What is the maximum length of a filename, in the file system you are using ?

Paul
 
Hallo Paul!

Fat 32 I think. Same as on the hdd. That's why I'm puzzled.

Steve


In the event of possible corruption you could try ruinning chkdsk /f on the
drive
(you will need to say "yes" then reboot)

If there was corruption and it get fixed...give it another try.
otherwise you will apparantly have to shorten the names
 
Hi philo,

thanks again. I ran chkdsk with no parameter on my usb drive. Results are, the file system was
FAT32 in fact. No problems were found. Therefore files should store like they do on hdd, shouldn't they?

Steve


edit:
I meant 'Hello Paul!' not 'Hallo Paul!' in a previous message. Seems I have mistaken you to someone
I used to know..
 
Hi philo,

thanks again. I ran chkdsk with no parameter on my usb drive. Results are,
the file system was
FAT32 in fact. No problems were found. Therefore files should store like
they do on hdd, shouldn't they?

Steve



If chkdsk found no errors than I don't know why the problem has occurred...
but I see no solution other than renaming (with a shorter name)
 
Hi philo,

thanks again. I ran chkdsk with no parameter on my usb drive. Results are,
the file system was
FAT32 in fact. No problems were found. Therefore files should store like
they do on hdd, shouldn't they?

Steve



If chkdsk found no errors than I don't know why the problem has occurred...
but I see no solution other than renaming (with a shorter name)


I wrote to the the manufacturer technical support. I'll see what their response will
advise me to do.

The size of the driive (1GB ) was not relevant, wasn't it? It's, if, about the file system
only, right?

Steve
 
Your path name may be too long.
The total length of a path on FAT32 may be 260 characters long.
The total filename length of a file on FAT32 may be 255 characters long.
Spaces also count as characters, filenames also account for path length.
 
Hello!

I run WinXP Media Center on my computer. Recently, I added an USB flash drive to be able to carry
certain files to print them on an other computer.

Today I notice I can't store .eml files with an longer name though on the hard drive the same file
will store and keep the long name as well.

My question, how could I transfer the files and their long name to the USBflash drive (1 GB drive )?

Thank you,
Steve  
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Most hard drives should be formatted as NTFS since Microsoft has
limited FAT 32 to a 32GB partition size and a 4MB file size limit.

Please check correctly the USB key. I have seen some key formatted in
a older FAT / FAT16 format, which does not do long filenames.
 
smlunatick said:
Most hard drives should be formatted as NTFS since Microsoft has
limited FAT 32 to a 32GB partition size and a 4MB file size limit.
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Not quite: Under FAT32, the max. file size is 4GB. And, while XP
will not create/FORMAT a partition bigger than 32GB, is will correctly
use a larger FAT32 part. which was created and FORMAT'd with some
non-XP utility, such as DOS or WIN9x
 
Hello!

I run WinXP Media Center on my computer. Recently, I added an USB flash
drive to be able to carry
certain files to print them on an other computer.

Today I notice I can't store .eml files with an longer name though on the
hard drive the same file
will store and keep the long name as well.

My question, how could I transfer the files and their long name to the USB
flash drive (1 GB drive )?

Thank you,
Steve
Click to expand...
Most hard drives should be formatted as NTFS since Microsoft has
limited FAT 32 to a 32GB partition size and a 4MB file size limit.

---------------

That is not actually quite correct. Windows will happily work with FAT32
partitions larger than 32GB. What it won't do is natively create and format
a partition over 32GB. Also the max file size is a little larger than you
state at 4GB, but I'm happy to write that one off to a typo.
 
Hello!

I run WinXP Media Center on my computer. Recently, I added an USB flash
drive to be able to carry
certain files to print them on an other computer.

Today I notice I can't store .eml files with an longer name though on the
hard drive the same file
will store and keep the long name as well.

My question, how could I transfer the files and their long name to the USB
flash drive (1 GB drive )?

Thank you,
Steve
Click to expand...
Most hard drives should be formatted as NTFS since Microsoft has
limited FAT 32 to a 32GB partition size and a 4MB file size limit.

---------------

That is not actually quite correct. Windows will happily work with FAT32
partitions larger than 32GB. What it won't do is natively create and format
a partition over 32GB. Also the max file size is a little larger than you
state at 4GB, but I'm happy to write that one off to a typo.


Thank you!

I'm about to try the NTSF file system on the USB drive allthough I don't like
it somehow. Sounds rattly.

I have read about Unicode usage in order to make a longer path work. Is that
true?

Steve
 
Steve Miller said:
Most hard drives should be formatted as NTFS since Microsoft has
limited FAT 32 to a 32GB partition size and a 4MB file size limit.

---------------

That is not actually quite correct. Windows will happily work with FAT32
partitions larger than 32GB. What it won't do is natively create and
format
a partition over 32GB. Also the max file size is a little larger than you
state at 4GB, but I'm happy to write that one off to a typo.


Thank you!

I'm about to try the NTSF file system on the USB drive allthough I don't
like
it somehow. Sounds rattly.
Click to expand...

There should be no problem formatting a USB drive as NTFS, however be aware
that windows ME and earlier OSs will not be able to read it. This may not,
of course, bother you in the slightest.
 
M.I.5¾ said:
There should be no problem formatting a USB drive as NTFS, however be aware that windows ME and earlier OSs will not be able to
read it. This may not, of course, bother you in the slightest.
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I knew about this. I converted a drive before. Whether I can use the longer filename
afterwards I haven't figured so far.
 
There should be no problem formatting a USB drive as NTFS, however be
aware that windows ME and earlier OSs will not be able to read it. This
may not, of course, bother you in the slightest.
Click to expand...

Macs (OSX) can't deal with NTFS either, but again, that may not matter.
Maybe that's changed with the latest cat from Apple....bobcat? Lion?
whatever.

-John O
 
JohnO said:
Macs (OSX) can't deal with NTFS either, but again, that may not matter. Maybe that's changed with the latest cat from
Apple....bobcat? Lion? whatever.

-John O
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Yes, you name it. Terrible. :-) Short names only.
 
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