XP-SP3 – Number of Files Limitation

[Andrew]

I am running XP Home, service pack 3. Is there a limit to the number of
files on can have, if so, what is that number and how does one exceed it?
Thanks - Andy

 

[sgopus]

Number of files??? no I don't think so. However if using the FAT32 file
structure, you are limited in partition size, if that is what your talking
about!

 

[John John (MVP)]

I am running XP Home, service pack 3. Is there a limit to the number of
files on can have, if so, what is that number and how does one exceed it?
Thanks - Andy

If your drive is using the NTFS file system you can have more than 4.2
billion files. I don't think you will have any problems with the number
of files on your disk...

John

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

When's your homework due?

 

[Xandros]

Answer to part 2 - buy a bigger drive.

 

[Bob I]

yes, add more storage.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I am running XP Home, service pack 3. Is there a limit to the number of
files on can have, if so, what is that number and how does one exceed it?
Thanks - Andy

Are you asking about the number of files stored on all the disk drives
you have?

Yes, I'm sure there's a limit per drive. But I don't even know what it
is, since that limit is so large that none of us have enough disk
space that we have to be concerned about such a limit.