REFORMAT DISK TO INCREASE OR DECREASE ROOT DIRECTORY FILE LIMIT

You can normally only put 64 files and/or directories in the root directory (C:\). DOS divides any disk up into "sectors" and, by default, allocates 4 sectors for filename storage in the root directory. You can reformat the disk to increase or decrease the number of sectors available for filename storage using the FORMAT command with a /r switch.

For example, the command format c: /r:5 would increase the number of sectors to 5, allowing you to store 80 files on the root directory. Conversely, format c: /r:2 would let you store only 32 files on the root directory. The advantage of reducing the number of sectors is that it gives you a little more actual storage space for files, and indeed I was able to set my RAM disk space to 511K instead of 510K.

This may not apply to a DoubleCard or stacked drives.

Larry Tachna

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