Thank you John for the clarification.
Andy I.
: Files or folders, it doesn't matter, they are all objects inside
: containers. You can have 4.2 billion objects on an NTFS volume stuffed
: in containers as you please.
:
: FAT32 folders can hold a maximum of 65,534 objects, a FAT32 volume can
: hold a miximum of 4,177,920 objects.
:
: John
:
: Andy I. wrote:
:
: > Thanks John.
: >
: > Sorry to belabour the point, but......... I take it that there is no
limit
: > on the number of folders but files are restricted as you describe.
: >
: > Andy I.
: >
: >
: > : > : The amount of files that can be stored in a directory is dependent of
: > : the file system used.
: > :
: > : For FAT32 volumes the maximun number of files that can be stored in a
: > : folder is 65,534. If you use long file names that number can be
: > : reduced significantly, I've quite often seen FAT32 folders conk out at
: > : 20 to 25 thousand files.
: > :
: > : If you are using NTFS file system the number of files that you can jam
: > : in a folder is practically unlimited, if you're a stickler for exact
: > : numbers you can stick 4,294,967,295 files on an NTFS Volume and they
can
: > : be stuffed in folders as you please.
: > :
: > : John
: > :
: > : Andy I. wrote:
: > :
: > : > Hi,
: > : >
: > : > 1. Is there a limit for the number of folders, sub-folders,
: > sub-sub-folders
: > : > etc. in "My Documents" folder?
: > : > 2. Is there a limit for the number of files in "My Document" folder?
: > : >
: > : > Thanks for any enlightenment.
: > : > Andy I. (WIN XP HOME SP2)
: > : >
: > : >
: >
: >
