Posted by OG on 11/15/17 11:31

"Cathy De Viney" <ccdeviney@NOSPAM.cox.net> wrote in message
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> "OG" <owen@gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote in message
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>> <vkatek@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>I bought a Zen Touch 20GB MP3 player and everything was fine. I managed
>>> to download 386 MP3 tracks and have 16872 MB of space left but I
>>> suddenly couldn't transfer anymore tracks from my computer. I have
>>> reset the MP3 player, downloaded new drivers from the Creative Site,
>>> tried it all on another computer and still no luck.

>> I've no personal experience of this, but are you using folders to store
>> your files? Most drives have a limit to the number of files that can be
>> stored at the highest level, (the root of the drive). If you are saving
>> all your mp3s as files at the highest level this may be causing problems.

> Generally 255 files (I think) per folder.
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I've seen different figures and as far as I'm aware it is only an issue for
the root folder (otherwise digital cameras would have a problem saving the
256th photo).

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