Re: I'm tired--usb external hard-drive

SharonF wrote:
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If you are moving items (or copying and deleting) and getting duplicates,
check the local folders properties for "offline" settings. You want this
off.

Hi Sharon, <waves>
Where exactly are you sending the OP to check offline settings for local folders? It's not clear to me, so it's probably not clear to him either. ;-) Right-clicking a local folder (e.g. My Documents) does not show any "offline" settings that I see.
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"Sharon F" <sharonfDEL@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23g$glC6jHHA.4576@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 5 May 2007 21:41:29 -0700, darkentry1@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Sorry---but my question?



I spend 57 years getting things OFF the laptop hard-drive to the 'usb
hard-drive AND it all comes back !!!! It might be nice to have this
duplication but if not wanted? Do I have something set-up wrong? By
coming back I mean if I ship everything from \mydocuments,etc. to
store on usb hard-drive the next day \mydocuments,etc. on laptop has
all the duplicate stuff back in it.

How are you moving items? A drag/drop will simply copy the files to the
external hard drive (expected behavior when dropping to another partition).

You could "move" and that will remove the local copy - however, I usually
recommend copying and, after confirming the file copy is complete, deleting
the originals. It's extra work but if something goes wrong during the
process it helps to avoid data loss.

If you are moving items (or copying and deleting) and getting duplicates,
check the local folders properties for "offline" settings. You want this
off.

"local" = the files and folders on the laptop.

--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User

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