Re: Problems handling large numbers of files with XP

I just checked there are approx 459,000 files and 54,000 directories.



Phil Weldon wrote:
'Shenan Stanley' wrote:
| Hmmm.. I see a problem with what you have stated there..
|
| '...'moving' is safer than 'copying' because NOTHING IS ERASED..."
|
| Not really true. Moving is the only one of those two procedures where
| something actually *is* erased by the process itself.
|
| If I copy - I now have the original and the copy. Copy the copy and I have
| the original, the first copy and the second copy.
|
| If I move - and the media I am moving from can be erased from (so I don't
| get an error) - then after the file has "copied" to the new location, the
| original file is erased - as part of the move process.
|
| No where does "copy" erase anything innately.
| Move is like copying, except at the end there is an automatic erasure of the
| original file.
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You are correct; I misspoke when stating that when a file is copied the original is erased.
However, when a file is moved within a partition, it is not copied and then erased, only the pointers are changed.

Phil Weldon

"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23xl8aZMmGHA.3844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Phil Weldon wrote:
| > I probably don't understand why you are doing what you are doing,
| > but 'moving' is safer than 'copying' because NOTHING IS ERASED.
| > Only the pointers are changed. When you copy, a copy is made to a
| > different physical location, then the original is erased. Besides,
| > you still have the backup.
| >
| > When you 'Move' from one partition to another, the data IS copied
| > to a different physical location, then the original is erased.
| <snip>
|
| Hmmm.. I see a problem with what you have stated there..
|
| '...'moving' is safer than 'copying' because NOTHING IS ERASED..."
|
| Not really true. Moving is the only one of those two procedures where
| something actually *is* erased by the process itself.
|
| If I copy - I now have the original and the copy. Copy the copy and I have
| the original, the first copy and the second copy.
|
| If I move - and the media I am moving from can be erased from (so I don't
| get an error) - then after the file has "copied" to the new location, the
| original file is erased - as part of the move process.
|
| No where does "copy" erase anything innately.
| Move is like copying, except at the end there is an automatic erasure of the
| original file.
|
| -- | Shenan Stanley
| MS-MVP
| -- | How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
|
|


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