Moving My Folders

[jacobroecker]

Ok I've been looking for an answer and can't find it online--at least not one that seems to be in English. I got rid of vista and backed up my folders on a network drive. Now I'd like to move the folders on to this computer.

Each time I copy and paste them I get an error. It says that it can't move directories around.

How do I fix it so I can move directories?

-Jacob
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[jemate18]

what directory(location) are you trying to paste your files/folders.

Because you might not have write privileges to it.

[jacobroecker]

what directory(location) are you trying to paste your files/folders.

Because you might not have write privileges to it.

I'm just trying to move them into the /music folder. I can move the files themselves--but not the entire librar

[digitzero]

What error do you get? Are you moving from the backup drive to an Ubuntu installation (ext2) or to a Windows installation (ntfs)?

[jacobroecker]

What error do you get? Are you moving from the backup drive to an Ubuntu installation (ext2) or to a Windows installation (ntfs)?

"Error while copying "Aaron Copland".

There was an error copying the file into /home/jacobroecker/Music

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This is what it looks like.

-Jacob

[amac777]

How do I fix it so I can move directories?

I would recommend that you don't use "move" to restore your backups in case something goes wrong. "copy" them first and make sure everything works before you delete your backups. Better yet, don't delete your backups so you have a backup.

If you did try to move them, you might not have permission to delete the originals due to the originals being an another disk so that might be why the move operation is failing. Try copying them instead.

Anyway, maybe when you said "move directories" you actually meant "copy directories". If that's the case, ignore this post.

[amac777]

Another couple tips:

1. Make sure you have read permission on all the source directories including the directories and files that are within other directories.

2. Make sure you have write permission on the destination directory.

[jacobroecker]

Another couple tips:

1. Make sure you have read permission on all the source directories including the directories and files that are within other directories.

2. Make sure you have write permission on the destination directory.

I have permission in all the directories. The things just don't want to get copied. I've googled the problem a bit and all the solutions are greek to me.

Whether I want to 'move' or 'copy' is irrelevant to the folders not wanting to be created.

I'm trying to go from an Apple Time Capsule with folders I created in Windows to Ubuntu.

[jacobroecker]

The problem doesn't exist when I use an external hard drive--just network shares.

[amac777]

Are you using nautilus to copy the files? Because I see this bug: "Unable to copy directory FROM remote location", which is similar to what your experiencing.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...us/+bug/229587

If that is what the problem is, try using the command line to copy the files instead of nautilus.