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how many files in a folder

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bipshee1234 Original post #1
Apr 9, 2007 at 4:21 PM
hi,

would you pls tel me how many files can be stored in a folder???
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buntythecool #2
Apr 9, 2007 at 4:34 PM
it is a wild guess
as per the capacity of d partition on which ur specified folder is located
anandk
anandk #3
Apr 9, 2007 at 7:44 PM
"With FAT32 you are limited to 65,534 files..."
*www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/269.htm

"...NTFS...suggests that you can have as many as you like, so long as the total on the volume doesn't exceed 4,294,967,295...disable short-file name generation..."
*www.webmasterworld.com/forum107/91.htm