cannot copy all pictures

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Carl G

Hi Guys and Gals
When I try and copy like 200 photo's (jpg) to a SD memory card (2gig) , I
can only 169 of them to the card , then I get this error .
Error 0x80070052 The directory or file cannot be created .
I am trying to (edit , select all copy , past) from picture folder to memory
card in card reader or in digital pic frame .
If I leave these pics in the folder and copy the whole folder all copy's ok
..
What would cause this ?
Running windows Vista Ult. 32 bit SP1
 
There is a limit on the number of files that can be in the root directory
(E:\ ) of a device/partition.

Create a folder in the root and then copy the pictures into there
(E:\Pictures\*.jpg).

Michael
 
Hi Guys
Thanks for the fast response ,
Can I format the SD card in NTFS file system ?
If so , will that eliminate my problem ? Hate to just try it and crash my
card .
Thanks
 
Your picture frame likely won't like NTFS, check your documentation. Also I
believe that NTFS also has the limit on number of files in the root.

Michael


Carl G said:
Hi Guys
Thanks for the fast response ,
Can I format the SD card in NTFS file system ?
If so , will that eliminate my problem ? Hate to just try it and crash
my card .
Thanks
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It's not really the card you would crash, but whatever else you use it for,
like a camera or whatever. The File Allocation table does not exist if NTFS
so the various limits, like 512 with fat16 or 64K with fat32 (less due to
long file names, as is probably your case) I have never tried to do a
SanDisk in NTFS, but I doubt you would be happy, in any case. You may get
what you want by using short file names.

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Carl G said:
Hi Guys
Thanks for the fast response ,
Can I format the SD card in NTFS file system ?
If so , will that eliminate my problem ? Hate to just try it and crash
my card .
Thanks
Click to expand...
 
Hi Again
Well I did a format in fat 32 and have no problems with the copy paste now .
That seems to work good . That should not create a problem , do you think
, like NTFS .
Will fat 32 be the same as plain fat as far as the compatability goes ?
Thanks
 
Michael Walraven said:
Your picture frame likely won't like NTFS, check your documentation. Also I
believe that NTFS also has the limit on number of files in the root.
Click to expand...

NTFS has an astronomical limit on files per partition, but no other
limit on files in *any* directory.

FAT32 has a limit of 65,536 entries in a folder. Each file or
subdirectory takes from 1 to 13 entries, depending on how long it is,
so you'll generally run out of room long before you think you should.
The limit for the root directory in FAT32 is the same as for any other
directory.

FAT16 allows only 256 entries in the root directory, but more
(65,536?) in other directories.

Other things being equal, the way around this is simply to create
subdirectories and put your files there. The question here is whether
your digital picture frame would be able to find pics in
subdirectories.
 
Hi Tim
I did try the folder thing , and the pi frame found the pics ok , but it
took it like almost 7 minutes to start to show them .
It will show them every time I try , but takes it a while to figure it out .
So I guess that will all work ok.
Thanks again.
 
Hi Mark
The only 2 things I would use the card in are the digital picture frame and
the digital camera , so I will just have to see if fat 32 will work in the
camera , and if not , no big deal .
Thanks Again Guys for all the info .
 
Patricias22 said:
My Input is attached - hope it may be useful.


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No one running Windows and in their right mind will download a file from an
unknown source.

No one knows to whom you are giving this input and why. Explanation:

You are not posting on a real forum as you think you are and you didn't
quote any of the thread to which you are replying. You are using a web
interface that leeches Usenet posts and most of the rest of us are using
real newsreaders. We don't see what you do. If you want to participate in
Usenet, the better way is to set up a newsreader. This is very easy to do
and I'll give you information about that below. If you prefer to use a
forum, then here are two excellent ones:

http://forum.aumha.org/index.php
http://http://computerhaven.info/

Since you are using a web interface, you may not realize that this is really
a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn to use
a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you can use
Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have it.
Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessing_newsgrousp_with-windows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet


http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is working
properly
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/munad.htm - how to munge email address
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting - crossposting
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting

Other Newsreaders for Windows:
http://www.forteinc.com/main/homepage.php - Forte
http://www.mozilla.org - Thunderbird

Malke
 
Check how your SD card is formatted (FAT or FAT32). If it's FAT, try to
reformat it to FAT32.
 
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