Re: Single copy, multiple pointers??

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It is possible to have one file with pointers to it that look like the same
file in multiple locations.
Microsoft and possibly others used this on some install CD's as both a
method of reducing the data size and a very basic copy protection scheme.
There have been some utilities that accomplished the same result with the
idea of saving space.
Generally, it's a bad, bad idea, unless a backup copy of the file is also
present.

"Teflon" <spambaitmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1175893385.600634.265560@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Apr 6, 12:46 pm, "Ken Blake, MVP"
<kbl...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Teflon wrote:
Just wanting an expert's confirmation of what I suspect to be the
case.

If I have a file on a HDD, and I COPY that file to multiple folders on
the same HDD, I will still only have one copy of the file on the HDD,
right?

No, wrong.

I'll just have multiple pointers to that file from each of the folders
where I copied it, right?

You'll have multiple copies of the file.

I just want to arrange some files in various catagory folders, but not
end up with multiple copies of the file cluttering up my HDD.

To get multiple pointers to it, copy it to *one* folder, then right-drag
it
to the other folders. When you release the right-mouse button after
dragging, choose "Create shortcut here."

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Wow! No wonder I was chewing up those HDD's like they were pepperoni
pizzas.

Thanks a lot guys. Shortcuts will work just fine for what I want to
do. Probably a more sophisticated way to do it, but what the heck, no
one's ever accussed of being sophisticated.

Now, where is that guy that fed me that 'multiple pointer' crap?
Must've been the guy selling those HDDs.



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