On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:15:34 -0400, "JS" @ wrote:

I think it represents the number or combination of files and folders.


What does? 4,294,967,295? That (2^32 - 1) is the maximum number of
*entries* (entries are always less than files and folders because a
file or folder with a long file name uses multiple entries) per
volume. The limit per folder is lower, but still big enough that none
of us has to worry about it yet.


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On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:56:03 -0400, "JS" @ wrote:

FAT 32 has a max of: 65,534


Right. (Well, actually 65,535, but I won't quibble about the extra one
g)


NTFS has a max of: 4,294,967,295


That's the limit on the number of entries per *volume*, not folder.
The limit on folders is smaller, but I can't remember what it is. And
it's big enough that for all practical purposes, it can be ignored.

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