Problems with to many files in FAT32 partition

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I have a disk with three partitions: one WBFS, one FAT32 and one NTFS.
I have 42 games in WBFS partition.

First, I notice an intermittent problem:
WiiFlow sometimes was getting very slow loading the game covers. And when
this happens, all hard disk operations seem to be slow. For instance:
reading the game music when I select a game, the game loading itself
becomes very very slow and sometimes wiiflow just can't read the disk and
displays a message that says something like: "disk read error". If the game
is loaded the game music sometimes stops playing for a while.
The workaround for that was to completely shutdown wii or disconnect and
reconnect the disk.

After putting many files inside the FAT32 partition, i.e, 1162 zip files,
the problem described above became permanent and the workaround stops working.

I formatted the WBFS partition and put only two games but it didn't solve
the problem. The problem was solved when I formatted the FAT32 partition
and restored the backup of wiiflow directory.

My HD is: 500GB WD My Passport.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by hansencl...@gmail.com on 2 Nov 2009 at 5:10

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In my opinion, this is not an issue of the loader. I can't reproduce it.
See: http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=185010&view=findpost&p=2397381

Original comment by Naro...@googlemail.com on 18 Nov 2009 at 9:04

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Thanks for replying Narolez,

   Well, by now I'm not sure it has something to do with the fat partition because it
has few files now and the problem showed up again this afternoon and I had to 
try
several things to make the drive work again. Even cutting out the power didn't 
solve
the problem. I could manage to stop the slow down problem after starting up a 
game
and holding the power button until Wii switched off.

  I realized that when the drive enters in this "slowed down state" even with
neogamma it becomes slow. So yes, this is not a WiiFlow issue. It should be 
something
below it, such as with ios249 or with the drive itself (although it is a 
recommended
drive).

  I can say that this problem happens about 40% of the times I start wiiflow. 

This thread is huge, I could not find anything helpful there yer :(

Thanks anyway.

Original comment by hansencl...@gmail.com on 23 Nov 2009 at 1:17

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I have a simular problem, i have 230 games on 500gb hd, i run wiiflow off of sd 
card.
I have found if i put all 230 covers on sd card wiiflow will load then i will 
get 
kicked out of wiiflow back to hbc. When i put 200 covers It will load for about 
10 
secs while looking through games, scrolling is slow. when i just put 150 covers 
all 
is well. It wasn't any of the covers causing it just the amount of them. ANy 
one 
know a fix for this. I don't think wiiflow can handle alot of files on the 
fat32 
partition where it boots and saves files. does anyone know if this is just on 
sd 
card booting, or is it simular on hd booting cause i would hate to have to 
format hd 
to 2 partitions and reload all games. But this sounds simular to hansenclever.

Original comment by tigg...@twlakes.net on 10 Dec 2009 at 6:13