Memory cards File limitation - IMPORTANT

Hello all,
This may be old news to many of the techies out there. But just wanted to get this out for other people that may not know this.
Memory cards are formatted into FAT (File Allocation Table), format. This format (also used in PC Hard Drives) has a specific limit on the number of files it may have on a single folder.
The limit is 1000 (one thousand) files.
So if you are trying to move 1000 files into the root folder of a 2 GB memory card chances are it will fail or give and error message.
This limitation is not Nokia's but part of the FAT format. So to avoid problems keep this in mind if you are trying to save a lot of pictures or songs in a single folder, it won't take more than 1000 individual files. Sometimes when you drag and drop all the hidden files will also be moved, so you may not know that you are transfering more than 1000 files. You have to change the options in the Windows to show hidden files and folders so that you know what is actually being transferred.
Of course you can have more than 1000 files, you just have to put them in more than one folder.
This is also true for the N91 and N91 8GB HDD.
Enjoy!
640K Should be enough for everybody
El_Loco Nokia Video Blog

People, please read my post.
You can have 10,000+ files on a FAT format card or HDD, but you can't have 1000 (one thousand) in a single folder or the Root folder (i.e. If you just copy all the files to E
Also, I have used N93 with 1 and 2 GB card and it works, albeith it gets a bit slower when there is a lot of data on the card and the card is getting low on memory.
So again, you can have lots and lots of files just not in a single folder in the memory card.
EDIT: Read my signature.
I've seen video footage of Bill Gates actually saying the 640K comment. Or at least I think I have... anyways, the fact is that up until Windows 98 (or was it 95 OSR2) they still were struggling with this memory limit. So even if he didn't say it, they sure designed the SW architecture to be limited by 640 KB.Message Edited by el_loco on 08-Feb-2007
03:15 PM
640K Should be enough for everybody
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