Cannot delete files

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    My system lost its motherboard. I recoevered data from the hard drive and saved recovered files to my file server. I back up my server every week. When I had to delete some back up copies becasue of space, a few files cannot be deleted becasue their filepath is too long.. What i have to do?
     
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    TechSole Well-Known Member

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    Have you tried renaming them and then deleting them? Or mv to be another file and then delete.
     
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    I'd like to find out the answer to this question too. I have an external HD to which I save copies of all important docs and folders. I have a few folders there that I can't delete anymore. TechSole, I tried renaming them, but still they would not get deleted. What could be a cause of that?
     
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