it says copying files failed. the file name was invalid or to long....anyone else have this problem?

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it says copying files failed. the file name was invalid or to long....anyone else have this problem?

i am trying to move my songs to an external hard drive. after it copies for awhile it will pop up a screen that says....the file name was invalid or to long.....anyone else had this problem?

Windows XP

Posted on Jun 8, 2013 3:45 PM

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turingtest2

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Jun 8, 2013 4:02 PM in response to manuel0329

What are you copying with? See this backup tip for a suggested method. If SyncToy can't copy a file it will carry on with the others and display a failure report at the end. Ideally you'll be copying the iTunes folder to the root of your external drive.

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