Unable to copy some files to HDD or memory stick

[Bad Raven]

On some files, when I try to copy them using File Manager to USB HDD or USB Stick I get:-

Finished but some errors occurred. "File system does not support symbolic links"

Help please!

[pluggy]

Like it says some file systems don't support symbolic links. Many do, but the commonly used FAT doesn't. Format the HDD or Memory stick with NTFS or EXT3 filesystem. The Symbolic links aren't that important. They don't contain data, they are just aliases for other files and folders. It kind of depends what you're copying. If you're copying your Windows 7 Documents file to a FAT formatted drive, you'll get it because Windows uses symbolic links for folders like 'My Pictures' which just Link to the Pictures folder. You won't lose the pictures just the alias.

[Bad Raven]

Thanks for that reply, but I am able to copy some files from the Pi folders to the device, but not all. Surely if it was a format issue on the receiving device (HDD or Memory Stick) that would apply to ALL files??

[joan]

Google FAT and symbolic links.