Re: OT?: FAT32(/16?) Question: Max. files in top level directory
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On Thu, 8 Dec 2016 07:42:33 -0500
rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>I've been googling to try to answer this question, so far, no luck.
>
>I recall that there is (or used to be?) a limit on the number of files in the
>top level directory of a FAT32 (or 16?) partition / drive. If you needed to
>have more files in a directory, you had to create a subdirectory (and, as I
>recall, there was no limit on the number of files in a subdirectory).
>
>Does anybody else (reading this) recall that, and recall more details, like
>the maximum number of files and which FAT systems (32 or 16) this applied to,
>and, further, is it still a limit on FAT32?
>
>The limit might have existed in FAT12 as well (or some similar limit), but as
>I recall it was in FAT16 or later.
>
You are correct in the limit in the root directory. I thought the limit
was 128 files/directories, but I could be wrong. I believe the limit
was when using FAT 16. FAT 32 raised this limit, but I don't remember
the numbers, since by then I was using sub-directories to insure never
hitting the limit.
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