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GregB81
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_ 		2. July 2007 @ 09:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi all, I've had a look in the forums and can't find anything relevant to the problem I'm having. Having recently bought a new hard drive I backed up my music collection using Nero 6 Ultra Edition. I used the inbuilt backup program and remember being asked if I wanted the filenames shortened because they were too long for the disc. I'm sure that during this procedure the program told me that the filenames would be fully restored when I restored from the discs.
Now, when I try to restore from the 18 DVD's, I can find the NBI file on the last disc no problem, but before the restore starts I get the following message on my screen:-

"Some of the folders/files cannot be restored because they will have long folder/file paths on the target location. Possible cause:
-The folder selected as restore target has long file path.
-Backup was created on different operating system that had long name file support."

The Restore then starts, but is unable to restore the vast majority of the files. Error code 3 is mentioned.

Has anyone experience of this problem and how to fix it? I really can't afford to lose my music collection because of this damn program :( Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Greg
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attar
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_ 		2. July 2007 @ 10:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't have an answer.
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they will have long folder/file paths on the target location

The limit for folder/file paths is 255? characters.
Is it possible to restore it to [c:\] so that the combined length does not exceed 255 or does the restore program insist on having the restore path the same name as the source?
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GregB81
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_ 		3. July 2007 @ 08:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
After changing the restore target to C drive everything seems to be working smoothly, I'm 3 discs in without any problems :-D Thanks so much for the advice Attar, I really appreciate it.
I was worried as hell for a few days then!
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attar
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_ 		3. July 2007 @ 09:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good luck with the other fifteen.
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GregB81
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_ 		3. July 2007 @ 14:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Its all worked fantastically, thanks so much mate. Best wishes for the future :-)
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