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jocampo · 06-15-2011, 04:40 PM

I can be wrong, but I think that the search speed depends of the amount of internal fragmentation and of course, the disk format which I think is FAT32 for Kindles.

I don't think that many folders will affect the searching speed but if you have a lot used space (notice I did not say books) the FAT system start to get fragmented and hence slowing down your searches. This is because the way FAT32 works: it does not avoid newly written files from becoming scattered across the partition.

06-15-2011, 04:40 PM	#12
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	I can be wrong, but I think that the search speed depends of the amount of internal fragmentation and of course, the disk format which I think is FAT32 for Kindles. I don't think that many folders will affect the searching speed but if you have a lot used space (notice I did not say books) the FAT system start to get fragmented and hence slowing down your searches. This is because the way FAT32 works: it does not avoid newly written files from becoming scattered across the partition. Last edited by jocampo; 06-15-2011 at 04:44 PM.