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Directory Limits

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by abrammiller, 2002/11/27.

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  1. 2002/11/27
    abrammiller

    abrammiller Inactive Thread Starter

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    Is there an upper limit to the number of files in a Directory? In
    a Tree? Does this differ by version of Windows? (I recall that
    early DOS versions had definite upper limits for these.)

    Win HELP does not seem to have such info.

    thnx
     
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    Fat 16 (win95a and earlier) is limited to 512 (equivalent) files in the root directory. see Fat16

    The sub-directories of the root have no such limit.

    Fat 32, HPFS and NTFS have no such limits that I am aware of other than when you fill the drive full.

    Fat32 and later
     
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    abrammiller

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    thanks a bunch!
     
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