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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Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

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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Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

Answer 3

I am beating this same dead horse.  Copying photos to a Pandigital frame, from my C drive.  Got 515  of 547 copied successfully and now it won't let me copy the remaining photos.  I am getting the same "Cannot copy ###.  The directory or file cannot be created".  I tried copying individual photos and get the same message.  Pandigital frame is formatted at FAT32, so that's not it.  And, there is plenty if disk space on the Pandigital, so that's not it either.  Any suggestions (in English please - - not techno speak as I am only so fluent in that language.)  Thanks for your help,  Red

Answer 4

Mark L. Ferguson, you're a champion. All I did was create seperate folders in the jump drive, Pictures, Music, Word docs etc and all transferred from the hard drive - no probs. Thanks

Answer 5

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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Rating posts helps other usersMark L. Ferguson MS-MVP

Brilliant Chuck.  Works for me running both XP and Vista. Thanks Paul