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From: huilin@hpindda.HP.COM (Hui Lin Lim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: File creation error
Message-ID: <40970007@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 3 Mar 89 23:30:24 GMT
References: <7852@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Organization: HP Information Networks, Cupertino, CA
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/ pcl@ihlpf.ATT.COM (pcl) /  8:28 am  Mar  1, 1989 / writes:
> I encountered the following error when trying to copy 300 files (small size)
> from harddisk to A: (1.2 meg floppy drive):
> 
> File creation error
>       224 File(s) copied
> 
> "DIR A:" indicated there are still plenty of space left.  The PC is a
> Compaq Portable-III running MS-DOS 3.3 (from Compaq).
> 
It probably means that your directory is full since the root
directory is of a fixed size.  If you were to create a
subdirectory and copy the files in there you should have no
problems since subdirectories can grow to accomodate any number
of files.

Its probably slow since the heads have to seek back and forth
from the data area to the directory every time a file is created.
This can be sped up with the use of some disk caching programs.
I recall using one from Golden Bow some time back when DOS backup
used to create multiple files and it reduced the backup time
tremendously.  Note that not all cache floppy drives and even
those that do may do write thru's rather than posted writes.

Hope this helps!


Hui-Lin Lim
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