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Special characters causing backup problems
I have an NTFS drive connected to my ReadyNas via USB for backup. The backups seem to complete but they're filled with messages like this (I masked out the path / filename). Cannot create file ...
How long is the path in the file name?
You might try renaming one of the files that is giving the error, and then running the backup job. Then check to see that the file with the original name is being written.
oops...accidentally formatted the backup drive using ext4 (Was messing around and clicked yes on the 'are you sure' message. Okay then.) No big deal since it's just a backup drive but was still curious about solving the issue with the current drive.
We'll see if the formatting to ext4 'fixes' the problem.
Well so far so good.. some of the problem folders appear to have been backed up no issue. I'm going to assume it was just an NTFS limitation and deal with figuring out how to read EXT4 drives on macs and pcs.
dtarin wrote:
deal with figuring out how to read EXT4 drives on macs and pcs.
Paragon offers a package for Mac (~40 USD with a volume discount)
They list a similar package for Windows, but don't provide pricing (instead it says "contact us").
A Linux VM or a dual-boot setup would also work. I don't know if Microsoft's WSL software (free) supports ext or not, but worth a try.
There are some open-source freeware packages for Windows (and perhaps one for Mac) that you could also try.
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