Actually, for whatever reason, the limit must be higher. I have 313 items in my route directory, or, folder if you will, this includes files and folders. Thanks, Walt you've made me do some serious housekeeping. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 7:27 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: numbers of files I'm not Larry, but I think that the max number of files that can be stored in the root of any medium (CF card, floppy, hard drive) is 255. This includes folders. In other words, the root directory can have up to 255 entries.=3D20 -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of B. Alan Mattison Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 4:32 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] numbers of files Hi Larry and list, It has been so long since I used a FAT filesystem, I have forgotten what is the upper limit for the number of files that can be saved to the root, and also to the subdirectories? =3D20 B. Alan Mattison Rio Rancho, NM USA Ham Callsign: W5NTM Skype: bamatt =3D20