I backup a work laptop to a home Ubuntu server (16.04.3). I backup the server to an external drive which came formatted in ntfs and I didn't change it. At any rate, I've not gotten errors when copying from the Win laptop to Ubuntu. But when removing the external drive and plugging it into another Win PC and attempt to copy that backup back onto Ubuntu, I get an error that the file/path names are too long in some instances.
Why did Ubuntu allow me to copy it without error?
How is it apparently being restored to full length on the backup?
And if Ubuntu allowed me to copy it the first time without error, why is it giving me an error when being restored from the external, ntfs backup drive from a Win PC?
Thanks!
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