Windows2000 File Count Limitation

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Matthew Schneider

Folks,

What exactly is the file count limit for a given folder or
directory in Win2k? On WinXP?

Many thanks in advance,
Matt Schneider
 
Files per volume:
FAT16 = 2^16
FAT32 = 2^32
NTFS = 2^32-1 (that's four billion files)

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

Also these may help.

Limitations of FAT32 File System (Q184006)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q184006

Windows NT File Size and Partition Size Limits (Q93496)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q93496


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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| Folks,
|
| What exactly is the file count limit for a given folder or
| directory in Win2k? On WinXP?
|
| Many thanks in advance,
| Matt Schneider
|
|
 
Files per volume:
FAT16 = 2^16
FAT32 = 2^32
NTFS = 2^32-1 (that's four billion files)

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
Click to expand...

Wouldn't that last limit be 2^32-1?
 
All in how you want to read it I guess. To me it means a directory doesn't
impose further limitations.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect


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| Wouldn't that last limit be 2^32-1?
 
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