Comments on: The Path is Too Deep

By: Joe McCoy

Joe McCoy — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:09:32 +0000

My situation was while trying to copy files from an SD card, what worked for me was to Right Click the drive letter and select Properties on the “AutoPlay” tab click the drop down and Select “Mixed Content” and then apply. After doing so I have been able to copy my camera memory cards without any issues.

NOTE: the onling that has changed on my laptop was a recent install of “iTunes” need I say more!!

I hope this helps someone.

Joe

By: ctrough

ctrough — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:23:05 +0000

Dan’s solution solved my problem. thanx…

“haha get this solution! Plug the pen drive in a different USB port and everything works fine…yea because that makes sense…oh well worked for me”

Technology makes a lot of sense. usually the ,most sophisticated solutions… work

By: Flaillomanz, the Big Orange Red Evil D:

Flaillomanz, the Big Orange Red Evil D: — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:27:36 +0000

I would reccomend not plugging a printer into the USB slot at the front of the computer which is plainly designed for “USB Mass Storage Devices” and not for power-hogging devices such as said printer.

And don’t wiggle the USB about while it is connected. Mostly because certain idiots whom I shall not name may cause said USB to “break” the port.

I feel such an idiot.

By: HeLisH

HeLisH — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:18:43 +0000

I agree with David, that it’s equivant to the “check engine” light. I don’t think anyone has mention this situation yet, because no one was stupid enough to do it. I got my “path too deep” error message because I changed the file name while it was copying from PC to USB. Had to remove the USB manually because it was still “transferring” and couldn’t find the file. Reinserted it, copied the newly name file, and it was fine again.

By: ric926

ric926 — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:51:31 +0000

i recently started getting err msgs like this on a machine i had to dwn grade the memory on (had 2 sticks of 512 and borrowed one temprly) i’m thinking it’s a lack of memory, once the system runs out of phys mem and page file …..

By: Lava

Lava — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:39:10 +0000

try Using the free utility TeraCopy,…..its free and will force the copy and help ya in other errors. but from my tries this problem happens alot in windows XP … but hope this program can help.

By: milen

milen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:16:31 +0000

I had the same problem with my flash A DATA 8 Gb (error- the path is to deep). The solution was to unplug the other usb devices, conected at the same time. It works.

By: georgeb

georgeb — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:19:04 +0000

my fix was to use 100 mbs half duplex. copied 30 GB file to new windows 7 system without any problems. Full Duplex failed.

By: Babis

Babis — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:41:46 +0000

When everything else failed i restarted windows and the problem was solved….
I manages to copy mp3 files to my mp3 player through the USB port

By: Steeven

Steeven — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:05:03 +0000

Hello,

I got this error when copying mp3 files to an SD card. ?It looks like, that there can not be too much files in the root directory. For me it works if there are max. 57 files within one directory.

It makes no sense to me, but it works…

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:08:01 +0000

“path too deep” error was coming up when I tried to transfer music onto my HTC Hero from T-Mobile via mounting the SD-Card using USB. A quick upgrade of the Andriod OS from T-Mobile website fixed it.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:09:01 +0000

I was having this problem too when copying files from my PC to a Samba share on a Unix host. I changed the network card setting and it resolved it, for me on XP this was:
Start | Settings | Network Connections | right click – Properties | Configure (next to name of network card) | Advanced tab | Link speed & duplex. I changed the value from “Auto detect” to “100Mbps/Full duplex” and now it’s working fine and file transfers are much quicker. The setting name will be different if you have a different brand of network card to me (I’ve got “Intel(R) PRO/100 VM Network Connection”).

By: AKLEOS

AKLEOS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:06:07 +0000

ok, so I will put this easy for people who just read the bottom posts. This has been stated throughout, but here goes.

1. This is a generic error message from Microsoft. It can mean anything.
2. If you get this error while transferring files over a network, switch the speeds so that they are the same on the sending and receiving machines. 10baseT with 10baseT or 100 with 100.
3. It could mean that you have a faulty hard drive. Run chkdsk with the /f switch.
4. If it is a problem with a USB drive connected with a cable, it could be a faulty cable. Change it.
5. You might have too many USB devices connected period. If you have hubs connected to hubs and devices in all those, there is not enough power for everything. Pick what you need or unplug everything, move the files, and plug it all back in.
6. You might have bad USB drivers. Uninstall and reinstall them.
7. Finally, and least likely, the file path and name is too long. Shorten it.

If you need instructions on how to do any of this, just scroll up and read the other posts or use the intergoogle.

Hope this helps.

By: itsmejohnnyt

itsmejohnnyt — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:53:03 +0000

A NEW USB CABLE FIXED IT FOR ME!!!

By: Nits

Nits — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:14:25 +0000

Mine was the same problem of path too deep, I changed the USB port and now my USB works fine. I think there was a problem in the extension wire I was using.