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Invalid character in a directory name on a CD

Started by scottyb1001 , Jul 30 2008 06:49 PM

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scottyb1001

Posted 30 July 2008 - 06:49 PM

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Hey all,

I am having trouble accessing a folder on a CD I got from a vendor. It has a directory on it with a / forward slash in the name. I run 32bit Vista and have not figured a way to access the files I need in the folder.

Any ideas??

Thanks!!

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Neil Jones

Posted 31 July 2008 - 03:56 PM

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Access to another non-Windows computer such as Linux could be beneficial as Linux works pretty much exclusively with forward flash folders. Copy it to the machine, rename it and then use a Linux equivalent of CD burning software to burn it back.

Faling that, this might be worth a look, whether it'll work with illegal characters in the file name path is another matter:
http://www.herve-tho...php?articleid=1