transferring songs from one external hd to another external hd
 

:? This is a very elementary problem that I have, but I'm no computer geek.
I have performed this process previously with no problems. I have a MTU Laptop, added my songs to an external HD (USB) because the one in the laptop was too small to accommodate them. I copied that external HD(I called "F") to another external HD (called "G",")for "insurance" purposes, and carried that HD with us in case we needed it. It is a back up HD only. I added a number of new cdgs to my primary external HD ("F") over the past few months, but did not add them to the secondary HD("G"). In the past, all I did was format my backup HD, and copied F to G. This weekend, I decided to perform this task so that both HD's were identical, but ran into problems. It seemed to go well until the last 30 minutes of copying, and then I got a message "unable to copy CB20058-8, file path is too deep". It stops there and after 3 tries, I decided to call for someone's brains to help.The problem isn't that there isn't enough space on the HD...I checked that and there is plenty of space for it. I have never seen that message before. Please walk me through exactly what I need to do to accomplish this task. for purposes of helping me, pretend that I know nothing (not far from the truth) and go step by step.
I also have a MTU Shuttle computer, which I also need to do this task on, but am afraid to touch it. It is a back up computer...In case I do something stupid to my laptop.....
Thank you in advance for your help. Pat

"You can do anything that you wanna do, but you can't take away my MTU"

It sounds as tho you have multiple folders, and have exceded the microsoft convention for filenaming.

ie: f:\program files\micro technologies unlimited\songs\chartbuster\essentials\.....

that would be an example of the path being too long(deep) I think