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JR

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Aug 20, 2003, 10:11:03 PM8/20/03
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Are there limitations as to how much can be placed in any
one folder using XP Pro? Maximum number of files? Maximum
size of files?

Ramesh

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Aug 20, 2003, 10:37:06 PM8/20/03
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Hi,

NTFS does not seem to have a limitation for "max number of files in a
folder". Whereas FAT has this limitation (65,534 files in a folder).

Refer to Microsoft Technet, contains wealth of info:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
ol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp

Note:
If you use large numbers of files in an NTFS folder (300,000 or more),
disable short-file name generation

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Naresh Kumar

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Aug 20, 2003, 10:49:29 PM8/20/03
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http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q194361

Naresh Kumar


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Naresh Kumar

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MAXIMUM FILE SIZE:

http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27253

Naresh Kumar

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JR

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Aug 20, 2003, 11:07:04 PM8/20/03
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The page you referenced has moved. Do you know where?

I have NTFS on a 30 GHz drive. I have 6 files of 650MB
each on one folder. When I try to access it via Windows
Exxplorer it takes aboout 2 minutes to give information.

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Ramesh

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Aug 21, 2003, 12:18:58 AM8/21/03
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The link is broken:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
ol/winxppro/reskit/prkc_fil_tdrn.asp

copy and paste the entire url instead of clicking it.

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Mike Brannigan [MSFT]

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Aug 21, 2003, 4:23:06 AM8/21/03
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> Are there limitations as to how much can be placed in any
> one folder using XP Pro? Maximum number of files? Maximum
> size of files?

NTFS has some extremly large limits.

What we have tested so far:-
Maximum File Size (bytes) = Uncompressed: 16 TB - 64 kb (max possible NTFS
file size!) Compressed: 69 GB
Files Per Volume = 20 million files, 14 million folders
Files Per Folder = 20 million files in a single folder.

Please note the actual architectural and technical limits are higher then
those above. These are just the tested numbers for a Windows 2000 NTFS
system
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