I have a multiboot system of NT, 2k, XP and 2003 for test purposes. While trying to backup a folder I created in MyDocuments in XP I get an error no matter what OS I am booted into. For example when in 2k I got the following error: ERROR COPYING FILE OR FOLDER -cannot copy file: File system error (1148) There is enough disk space for the copy, there are no encrypted files or folders in this directory, there are no special attributes at all, except I have some long folder and file names that Windows accepted upon creation so I assumed they were ok, but when I tried to "reset permissions on all child objects and enable propagation of inheritable permissions", I got this error for several files and folders: ERROR APPLYING SECURITY - The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect So I went to one of those directories mentioned in the above error and tried to copy the actual folder it mentioned and nothing happens, so I tried the one next to it that has a very similar long filename and got the following error: ERROR COPYING FILE OR FOLDER - Cannot copy file: The filename you specified is invalid or too long. Specify a different filename. ******* Is there anyway to copy these files and folders with a registry edit or a 3rd party product ???? I tried doing so from every OS on my multiboot system and failed. Thanks for your help

If can't copy them in XP the account you are using doesn't have administrative rights. Go to control panel and under user accounts create a new account called administrator. Use that account to give yourself administrative rights and then delete that account so it don't show up during boot. You should then be able to copy in XP only. I have not found a way to access my documents from any other OS and I have 4 total on my computer.

WTF is 2003?

Windows .NET 2003 beta, the full release comes out later this month