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Thread ID: 42766	2004-02-22 00:36:00	Trouble transferring files to PGP Disks	argus (366)	Press F1

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217296	2004-02-22 00:36:00	I attempt to copy file X (by clicking and dragging) from a folder on the C: drive to the root level of "virtual" PGP drive, F:. I get the message "Cannot copy X. The directory or file cannot be created." File Y, however, will copy across with no problem. So it's a problem with File X, right? No, because X will copy to another folder on the C: drive; it can be burnt onto a CD-R or temporarily onto a CD-RW using Ahead Nero. The only thing it won't copy to is a PGP Disk virtual disk. And there are other files that behave exactly the same way. Problem with that particular virtual disk? So I copy everything already on the virtual disk over to a CD-RW; delete that particular virtual disk, create a new one and successfully write all the files back to it. All works fine. But try to add file X to the new virtual drive, and it still won't go. Still the same message. However, among the files that have been shuffled about in this way is a folder, K, containing files relating to a specific topic. I find I can write File X to this folder. So, modify my statement of a while back: the only place X won't copy to is the ROOT LEVEL of a PGPDisk virtual disk. I recall having a similar problem at one time with Zip Disks; A zip disk would somehow assume a state where nothing would write to it at root level, only into existing folders. But shift everything off it and reformat the disk and I could put the file back at root level. For that reason, I took to putting a "root" folder on all my zip disks. Looks like I may now have to do the same with my PGP virtual disks. If I can. I tried to create a separate folder to put X and other errant files in, as they didn't belong in the specialist folder they were in. I can't create a new folder at root level. I get "invalid folder name or path or folder already exists." But I can, of course, create a new folder inside folder K! So that's where the errant non-K-type files have been copied now; to subfolder F:/K/not/ Can anyone tell me what's going on here, and how to fix it in a less kludgy way? Argus	argus (366)
217297	2004-02-22 01:04:00	How many files are there in the root directory? There will be a limit. (Try copying 228 files to the root of a floppy). If you reach the limit, you can't copy any more files. It only applies to the root directory. (OS/8 in the 60s and 70s had a limit of 64 files on a disk. No directories or other wimpish stuff. But the disks were a bit smaller :D)	Graham L (2)
217298	2004-02-22 02:33:00	There are 153 individual files and two directories - the aforesaid K and one called System Volume Information, which seems to be system generated (strangely, I've never noticed that on a PGP virtual disk before I had this trouble). That is far more files than I'm used to putting on a PGP disk, as the files I store there are normally fairly large. But, I thought, it can't be just number of files, as I swear I transferred file Y, which did go in at root level, while file X didn't. Tried to put Y in again; it wouldn't go. So moved a file from root-of-F: to F:/K/not, and file Y went in at root level. No more files would go in. So put another one into F:/K/not and another was let in at F: level. So it must be to do with file count. Thanks for that. Still mystified about the one time file Y went in and X didn't - but it looks like you've solved the basic problem. I'll just have to segregate my files if I have more than 150-odd. Thanks again. Argus	argus (366)
217299	2004-02-22 04:32:00	Definitely a strange problem, but yeah try sorting the files into categories and then separate them into folders. Have you tried renaming the file X and then copying it in?	PoWa (203)
217300	2004-02-22 05:30:00	No PoWa: it's a limit built into the file system'. It doesn't matter what filetype it is; it's the fact that there is no more room in the root directory table.	Graham L (2)
217301	2004-02-22 06:18:00	Ignore me, I was just agreeing with you and felt like doing some post-padding.	PoWa (203)
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