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Max number of files in one directory

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Does anybody know what the maximum number of files that can be held in one directory is?
Under W2k.

Thanks, appreciate any answers.

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by dklippert

Workstation Resource Kit, chapter 18, p.613:

"There is no specific limit to the number of files on an NTFS volume.
However, you will not be able to create any new files when your volume is so full that Windows NT cannot allocate another entry inthe MFT."

http://tinyurl.com/2fa1

Windows 2000

File System Max. Part. Size Max. File Size
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FAT 2^32 2^32
NTFS 2^64 2^64
FAT32 32 GB 2^32

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