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"Dave Patrick" <mail@NoSpam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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> Files per volume:
> FAT16 = 2^16
> FAT32 = 2^32
> NTFS = 2^32-1 (that's four billion files)
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> Files per directory:
> FAT16 = 2^16-2 physical directory entries (affected by long filenames)
> FAT32 = 2^16-2 physical directory entries (affected by long filenames)
> NTFS = No limit
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> Also these may help.
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> Limitations of FAT32 File System (Q184006)
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q184006
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> Windows NT File Size and Partition Size Limits (Q93496)
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q93496
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> "Robert Cohen" wrote:
> | Hello All,
> | Does anyone know off hand, what the limit on number of files in a
> folder
> | on a w2k server? I thought I heard a number before but might be
mistaken.
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