folder limitations

[JR]

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]

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

--
Regards,
Ramesh



"JR" > wrote in message
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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?

[Naresh Kumar]

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q194361

Naresh Kumar


"JR" > wrote in message
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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?

[Naresh Kumar]

MAXIMUM FILE SIZE:

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

Naresh Kumar

"JR" > wrote in message
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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?

[JR]

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.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>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
>
>--
>Regards,
>Ramesh

>
>
>"JR" > wrote in message
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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]

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.

--
Ramesh



"JR" > wrote in message
...
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.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>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
>
>--
>Regards,
>Ramesh

>
>
>"JR" > wrote in message
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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?
>
>
>.
>

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"JR" > wrote in message
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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
--
Regards,

Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

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"JR" > wrote in message
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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?