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First of Two
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Yay, I finally got a Zip drive! 100 MB of space!

So yesterday, I was transferring all my .jpeg's from my old floppies directly onto the new disk...

And at just over 14 MB, the thing STOPPED and said it "can't create file or directories" anymore?

What gives? Is there something I missed?

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Mucus
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Is it the USB zip drive? Those are supposed to be pretty cool. Unfortunately I don't know much about zip drives, could it be that weird click of death bug that people keep talking about? *shrugg*

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Charles Capps
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My first Zip died via the Click of Death and nearly took a disk with it.

DOS limits the number of files that can be placed in one directory in certain variations of the filesystem - be sure not all your files are in the same directory. *L*

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Jubilee
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Yup yup. The disks are seperated into different clumps... you gotta save into a new clump. *LOL*

*can you tell i'm not a tecchie?*

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Kosh
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either that, or your fly is open.

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TSN
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What possible moronic reason could they have for limiting the number of files in a directory?

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First of Two
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Well, turns out that's exactly what it was. Stupid to limit, if you ask me.

When I created folders and started saving to them as well, the problem cleared up.

Thankx.

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Jubilee
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I think it's how the disk is made... it's made with different sections. *shrugs*.. My graphics teacher told me why at one point, but I was too busy teaching the other students how to use Adobe Photoshop at the time. *LOL*

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Aethelwer
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*laughs at all the Windows users*

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Baloo
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Frank, you are too kind. Do you hang out in front of supermarkets so you can mock the people using the handicapped parking spaces?

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Aethelwer
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Only if they're not handicapped.

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Baloo
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In such situations, I always remark (in a STAGE WHISPER) that since that person's handicap does not appear to be physical...

Do ya get my drift?

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[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited July 05, 1999).]

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Mucus
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Limiting the number of files in the root directory may simply be a convenience thing harking back to DOS.

To demonstrate go to the windows directory using DOS prompt and type "dir" or "tree"

Imagine how bad it would be if the number of files was not limited back yonder.

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HMS White Star
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If you think that is a lot of files type "Dir/s".

I sure that it has something to do with how DOS started.

O well I have cable modem so, I laugh a everyone who has a slower connection than me, other that people with bad connections.

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Charles Capps
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ONLY /s!? Goodness.
dir /a /s /o:gne /v

Have fun with THAT.

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