I do not understand this issue. I have a drive (D:) with which I want to copy the entire contents to another drive (R:) for backup purposes. However, it will not copy because "Destination Path Too Long". Both drives are formatted NTFS and the files already exist as part of D: so I am not sure why it can't copy to the destination when it will be identicle to the source. How can I get around this?

Hello?

Hi Danzence, What's the size of the files you want to copy? What's the detailed error message? Also check your Event Viewer to find the related logs. Where's this R drive? an external hard drive or a network one? Seperately copy the folder from D drive to check if it works, shorten the file name if they have long name. Refer to this as well: http://forums.techguy.org/windows-7/911476-solved-destination-path-too-long.html Regards, Miya Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Weird, I never got alerted to this. The thing I wanted to know was: how could the path have been too long when it already existed in the source. Why does windows refused to copy it? I don't want to rename hundreds of files, I just want it to duplicate the drive.