Re: Is there a limit to how many files can be in any given dir in WinX

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smlunatk wrote:
> There icis usually a limit (???) on the main folder (ex: c:\.)

However, you need to consider that the more files you have the slower the file access will become. Also, I hope you have an external backup to your photos. Loosing sentimental photos can be a real drag.



On 24/04/2008 Big Al <BigAl@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
owen66 wrote:
thousands? millions? what would be some of the downfalls of dumping say
10s
of thousands of photos into a single directory?
A directory is simply a special file. And windows has to search that file to read it. So I would say the longer the dir, the longer the manipulation task. I wouldn't put 20K files in one folder, even if it did it and I don't know it will.

I have some 20,0000+ photos on my hd, and from my point of view, this came up too when I started scanning 40 years of slides. How to store them. One directory might look good on paper but its just too bulky to visually scan and scroll. So I made a photos folder, then in that a folder for each year, then a folder in them for each event.
photos
....... 2005
........2006
........2007
............01 14 - Kids Birthday
............02 22 - New Bike
............03 02 - Trip to Disney

See my point. Search in windows works good for finding "disney" and if each photo was labeled like "bob on bike.jpg", 'bike' would find both folder and files.

This works for me, but I just offer it as food for thought. You got your own design problems of course.



smlunatk:
I say this with a laugh, but "you got to be kidding!"
Yes! I spent days over a 2 year period wiping dust off of slides, putting them in a carrier, waiting for the scanner, putting them back sorting them in folders. That and 250$ for the scanner. I would be stupid not to go out and buy that 60$ enclosure and drive to backup them and my other needed files.
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