Hardlinks

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Question for a hardlink guru: Does a hardlink actually occupy the same disk space as the file to which it is linked, as appears to be the case in Windows Explorer? If not, how does one identify which entries in Explorer are actually hardlinks? If so, why would one use a hardlink as opposed to simply copying the original file?

Background: In an attempt to save some disk space, I created hardlinks to some large (audio sample) library files. I used FUSTILY Hardlink Create in Win XP Home SPA. But the links appear in Explorer to have been allocated the same space as the original files. I've read what I can find about hardlinks, but nowhere found a definitive way to have Explorer identify which entries are hardlinks, or even an assertion that a hardlink does NOT require the same amount of disk space as the original file.

Thx for any help. -Ron

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