# What could be the cause of this computer problem

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-the-cause-of-this-computer-problem/335606 "2005-12-14T17:39:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 18, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-be-the-cause-of-this-computer-problem/335606/21 "2005-12-18T23:45:17Z")

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Just a thought, but which version of Windows are you running? And which file system - FAT32 or NTFS? I have a tingle in the back of my head which says that this is a known issue with some versions if you have a **lot** of files - 17,000 is the number which comes to mind - in one directory. Maybe I’m misremembering and it was 1700. Unfortunately I can’t locate it in the MS KB. Or maybe that was HPFS, not NTFS?

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