I need 30,000 songs in one dir. xp say i need to remove write protection it will let me put 12,430 songs in and stops ...I can start a new dir. and it will to it again after 12,430 songs ...
I do a entertainment show DJ and KARAOKE need this for the program database
Thanks GuysMemphisdog......  Why is it so important that all 30,000 songs be in the same directory ........ Wouldn't 3 10k directories work ?

dl65  Welcome to the CH forums.

Please POST your version of XP, your partitioning info, file system and the exact message you get about removing write protection.

ThanksI found the problem fat32 my external drive is fat32 ...Im putting the database on other drive THATS formated in
NTFS...I woke up this morning thinking about it and im good to go ..
Why do i need 30,000 songs in one dir.?
I thought that when i load database i could only use that dir, i just try it with 10,000 songs in 3-dirs, and it worked , but i need to load it 3 times...

I sometimes have 30 to 40 singers if i am doing a karaoke show.. Never know what they want to sing
Sometimes i wonder why i do this most can't sing ...Its like American Idol in the first rounds
Thanks for the help hope this helps somebody  Memphisdog.......  Glad to hear that you have the issue under control.
Now please tell us ........... Your first name isn't Simon is it ?

dl65  Yep - Fat32 will restrict the number of files as a short (8.3) filename has to be generated for each LFN used.  Well spotted