Yes. Yesterday I discovered that the link had changed. My
link
originally
went to just Multiple Data Streams. Microsoft has now
improved
it. LOL
Working with File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c13621675.mspx
Click on...
Using the NTFS File System
and scroll down to...
Multiple Data Streams
Or do a Ctrl + F for Multiple Data Streams.
On NTFS alternate data streams are created by using the
Summary
tab.
[[A data stream is a sequence of bytes. An application
populates the stream
by writing data at specific offsets within the stream. The
application can
then read the data by reading the same offsets in the read
path. Every file
has a main, unnamed stream associated with it, regardless of
the file system
used. However, NTFS supports additional named data streams in
which each
data stream is an alternate sequence of bytes as illustrated
in
Figure x.
Applications can create additional named streams and access
the
streams by
referring to their names. This feature permits related data
to
be managed as
a single unit. For example, a graphics program can store a
thumbnail image
of a bitmap in a named data stream within the NTFS file
containing the
image.]]
[[FAT volumes support only the main, unnamed stream, so if
you
try to copy
or move a file to a FAT volume or floppy disk, you receive an
error message as shown below. If you copy the file, all named
data
streams and other attributes not supported by FAT are lost.]]
from...
Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c13621675.mspx
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Pop <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
Hi Wesly,
These are NTFS partitions. It's also not a new issue (for
me)
as
it's been this way AFAIK since day one and through three
rebuilds
over the years. It's also the same annoyance on my laptop
XP
Home and my sister's XP Home Desktop, so I don't think it's
an
os
issue; and t hese are all NTFS machines. I'm in the final
throes
of another rebuild right now, and checked it at XP/SP1
install,
after SP2, and after all the Hotfixes (auto-installed, not
manually).
The ref URL looks like it -might- have some tips, but that
particular URL simply reverts/redirects to
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/default.mspx
which is the selection page.
Which of the specific links on the default.mspx page is
that
info located at? I checked a couple that looked likely, but
no
go. And nowhere have I yet found any Figures to reference
to,
nor the URL you posted; I suspect it's a layer or two down
someplace. And yes, I used copy/paste to put the link into
two
different browsers and MS isn't blocked in any way.
Specifically: Can -you- copy a file and have its Summary
information from the Properties tab go along with it? If
so,
could you specify your os and relevants?
The Summary seems like a great feature, but totally unusable
if
it has to "stick" to a file. It's like it's part of the
resident
OS and not referenced at copy/move time. Hmm, maybe it's a
registry entry? Never thought to look. Anyway,
TIA, hope to hear back,
Pop
Move to another NTFS formatted location.
[[FAT volumes support only the main, unnamed stream, so if
you try to
copy or move StreamExample.doc to a FAT volume or floppy
disk, you
receive an error message as shown in Figure 13-15. If you
copy the file,
all named data streams and other attributes not supported
by
FAT are
lost.]] Multiple Data Streams
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkc_fil_xurt.asp
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In Pop <
[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
XP Pro, Classic Menues
Whenever I copy or move a file that has had the Summary
tab
of
the Properties window filled in, I get a message about
some
of
the data won't be copied/moved. When I check, all that
didn't
copy/move was the Summary part of the Properties.
Is there a way to get the Summary information to copy or
move,
along with the file? Or is it not possible with XP?
