Error 0x80070052 The directory or file cannot be created

Question

I am copying photos in the photo gallery from a folder/tag to a scan disk.  I have one file of about 140 photos that will not copy.  The rest have copies with no trouble.   I have created a folder with all of the photos I want to copy.  When they begin the process, all go but the ones from this particular group.  I get the error message above.  Please tell me what I should do, as I have been unsuccessful for the last 1.5 hours at resolving this myself.  Happy New Year!!

Kelly

Answer 1

My next try at finding out what was happening would be to check the location of the files. A root folder of a drive can only contain so many files, (depending on the file system used, like Fat32 or NTFS). I would count the number of successful files in the root, and see if you are over that, based on the File System restraints. When you rightclick a drive, and Properties, it shows the file system in use for that drive.

Errors Creating Files or Folders in the Root Directory: 

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Answer 2

Chuck Estep said:

Mark,

This is Chuck Estep.  Saw your post and tried the two suggestions.  Still not able to proceed with copying pictures from my c drive to a jump drive.  I've got plenty of space on both devices too.

Got any other suggestions master jedi?

It's likely that the jump drive is formatted with Fat16. I suggest saving whatever files on the jump drive you wamt, and formatting the drive with Fat32 or NTFS. Rightclicking the drive in Explorer should put you there. You are probably seeing something like a format for UFD or Fat (Standard)http://communities.sandisk.com/sandisk/board/message?board.id=u3&thread.id=3248

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Answer 3

i'm getting the same and i've followed the advice given but i still get the error code 0x80070052

Answer 4

If your root folder on the Jump drive is still failing due to too many files, making a subfolder to copy them to may be a solution. It's possible you are seeing some problem with the driver for your 'chipset' or your 'USB Root Hub' driver. The copy failure on some of a set of files is not normal. If Permissions are there, you have room for the files, and the root file count is not beyond the limit, you are probably seeing an indication of file damage or the need to update some driver.

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Answer 5

That resolved it for me. I went in and made individual file folders first after I dleted the files that made it on to the thumb drive I was trying to put pics on. I erased them all and made two separate folders for th epictures. I had no problem fitting them all on there after that. So I suppose the actual root of the thuimb drive I have was only able to hold 128 individual files- so that would make it 128 folders witgh however many files I can fit on this 2 gig thumb. Thanks your answer solved it all. God bless-