Floppy Drive

[Anthony]

I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.

As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size, is there a limit
on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP Pro, 3.5 floppy
drive.

Anthony

[Ken Blake]

"Anthony" > wrote in message
...

> I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
>
> As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size, is
there a limit
> on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP Pro,
3.5 floppy
> drive.


There's a limit in the root folder--512 entries (entries, not
files, because files and folders with long filenames use multiple
entries).

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Ken Blake
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[Jim Macklin]

100 files in the root directory of a floppy, no limit in
sub-directories, total capacity will limit number of files.


"Anthony" > wrote in message
...
| I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
|
| As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size,
is there a limit
| on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP
Pro, 3.5 floppy
| drive.
|
| Anthony
|
|

[Jeff Hayes]

"Anthony" > wrote in message
...
> I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
>
> As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size, is there a
limit
> on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP Pro, 3.5 floppy
> drive.
>
> Anthony
>
> hello anthony ok look when you copy it will let you no when you are at the
limit of the floppy you can only get so much on a floppy ok when it gets
full replace with another floppy copy the rest of the file two another
floppy you can still put the programs back in are drag them back in your
computer ok depending on what you are coping . jeff hayes

[Anthony]

Hi Ken,

I'm not clear on what you mean by entries. Could you explain that a little
more about the difference between entries and files/folders please? Thanks,

Anthony


"Ken Blake" > wrote in message
...
> "Anthony" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
> >
> > As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size, is
> there a limit
> > on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP Pro,
> 3.5 floppy
> > drive.
>
>
> There's a limit in the root folder--512 entries (entries, not
> files, because files and folders with long filenames use multiple
> entries).
>
> --
> Ken Blake
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>

[Anthony]

Hi Jim:

I noticed when the floppy was reaching close to 80 files is when things
started to get interesting. That makes since, because the total files I
needed on the floppy was 140 and in the root directory.

Thanks, Anthony


"Jim Macklin" > wrote in message
...

> 100 files in the root directory of a floppy, no limit in
> sub-directories, total capacity will limit number of files.
>
>
> "Anthony" > wrote in message
> ...
> | I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
> |
> | As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size,
> is there a limit
> | on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP
> Pro, 3.5 floppy
> | drive.
> |
> | Anthony
> |
> |
>
>

[Jim Macklin]

That was one of the things I learned years ago with DOS.

You can make a directory A:\files and then put as many files
(subject to total clusters available and ultimately space
available). You can put a path command so a file in
A:\files will be found with a A:\ (root)


"Anthony" > wrote in message
...
| Hi Jim:
|
| I noticed when the floppy was reaching close to 80 files
is when things
| started to get interesting. That makes since, because the
total files I
| needed on the floppy was 140 and in the root directory.
|
| Thanks, Anthony
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" >
wrote in message
| ...
|
| > 100 files in the root directory of a floppy, no limit in
| > sub-directories, total capacity will limit number of
files.
| >
| >
| > "Anthony" > wrote in message
| > ...
| > | I bet there's not many questions about the floppy
drive.
| > |
| > | As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit
size,
| > is there a limit
| > | on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk?
XP
| > Pro, 3.5 floppy
| > | drive.
| > |
| > | Anthony
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Anthony > typed:

> I'm not clear on what you mean by entries. Could you explain
that a
> little more about the difference between entries and
files/folders
> please? Thanks,


Sure. It's one entry per file or folder, except when the file or
folder has a long name (more than 8.3). If it has a long name, it
takes multiple entries (i. e., it's treated as if it were
multiple files).

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Ken Blake
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> "Ken Blake" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Anthony" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> > I bet there's not many questions about the floppy drive.
>> >
>> > As long as one doesn't go past the floppy disk limit size,
is
>> there a limit
>> > on "how many" files can be copied to a floppy disk? XP Pro,
>> 3.5 floppy
>> > drive.
>>
>>
>> There's a limit in the root folder--512 entries (entries, not
>> files, because files and folders with long filenames use
multiple
>> entries).
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake
>> Please reply to the newsgroup