[LMB] OT: AKICOTL: Computer Trouble

[Mark Allums]

David Bernat wrote:
Does the old limitation
> of 255 files in a root directory still exist in
> current versions of Windows?

Depends.  If you are using the FAT files system, (and most USB drives 
do) you are limited not only to the no. of files in the root directory, 
but the size of the files can be no larger than 4G.  If a problem like 
that occurs on a USB drive, try reformatting it with the NTFS file 
system (in Windows) or even ext2/ext3 (in Linux, if the particular drive 
firmware allows it).  Older versions of NTFS also have certain limits, 
although I don't have the exact specs. on hand.

--Mark Allums