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Anyone familiar with laptop sales during Christmas? I am going to purchase a Dell - should I wait until January for possible sales or there seems to be discounts all year round now anyway? Should I go through Dell website or anyone recommend any other good sites?

In Windows 10 there's an option to 'always allow' long file names by editing registry... Not as daunting as it sounds, courtesy of Google

Thanks, must look into that. How do you think that would work when transferring to the likes of a hard drive then though?

That explains a lot lads, thank!

I tend to make the main folder names long but when the sub folders are all added it to then it will be too long.

Is there any quick way to check directory path lengths as I have a lot of folders to back up and will take me good while to go through all of them individually?

When you say "back up" what exactly do you mean? Copy, drag and drop?

Yes armaghniac

Hi everyone

Tried to back up computer documents onto a hard drive - get the message "The filename(s) would be too long for the destination folder. You can shorten the filename and try again, or try a location that has a shorter path."

This happened lots of folders. Tried googling it and there is plenty of stuff on it but can't find any way around it. Is there a way? Can shorten name but all the folders that popped up as too long aren't, as some are as short as 10 letters long.

If I press 'skip' does the whole contents of that folder not transfer to hard drive?

Anyone aware of any good sales on iPads now in January? Would be using it to watch things online mainly so wouldn't need much storage for photos, videos or apps.

If that's all you really need it for, you don't need an iPad for it at all. Much cheaper options out there.

What like gallsman? Something as quick as an iPad?

Anyone aware of any good sales on iPads now in January? Would be using it to watch things online mainly so wouldn't need much storage for photos, videos or apps.