[Help!] File is invalid or file name is too long

Discussion in 'Science, Technology & Car Chat' started by Jeff, Apr 28, 2010.

  1. Jeff

    Jeff 神之馬壯

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    As title said.. i got this error while trying to delete a file.

    Problems i went into:
    > can't delete
    > can't rename
    > can't move into another folder

    Yeahh.. i tried deleting the whole folder by itself too, but i still got "File is invalid, or file name is too long"

    Anyone know how to fix this? :)
     
  2. Jeff

    Jeff 神之馬壯

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    my problem is PROBABLY this "Cause 3: File system corruption is preventing access to the file".. since i was downloading a file to my external then my external somehow got disconnected.. and therefore this happened. But other files work fine.. just to a folder that i was downloading to got corrupted.

    EDIT: Btw, i'm on Windows 7
     
  3. BestOffer

    BestOffer Well-Known Member

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    always download the files to your local hdd and then move to external...some externals have sleep mode in between and is a pain in the butt some times...
    if the folder doesn't both you, leave it, or go back with your system restore...
     
  4. Jeff

    Jeff 神之馬壯

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    i dont think my external has sleep.. because its the first time it happened. And i've had it for about .. half a year.. first time it's happened. I dont think System Restore works with External.. does it?

    EDIT: Here's a screen shot:

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    Same error for all the files. Some even says cannot locate the file..
     
    #5 Jeff, Apr 28, 2010
    Last edited: Apr 29, 2010