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Long path data coping error

Hi,

I have windows 2003 data server (normal files and folders)
Also we new hardware with windows 2012 R2 server.

When I try to transfer data from old server to new server it get stuck due to long path error in data.

What to do?

Is there any freeware application for transfer data or any other inbuild solution in windows 2012r2,

-rgds, pk
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Hello

Another great tool is Teracopy
https://codesector.com/teracopy

You have to install it but it works perfectly
Depending on how your file structure is setup, one quick and dirty cheat you can use to get around this is map a network drive to somewhere inside your folder list in order to make it shorter.

For example, if you are trying to copy from \\server\departments\users\username\folder1\subfolder2\etc\etc you could map a drive letter (say M:) to \\server\departments\users\ then you could copy from M:\username\folder1\subfolder2\etc\etc instead.

Does that make sense?
If you're duplicating data or mirroring drives. robocopy is the way to go.  Mapping the folders to a drive letter is better for individual tasks.