Copy files and folders between NT 4 and XP Professional?

[anders.anderssonsweden]

Hello.
If I copy files and folders from Windows NT 4 Server with
SP6a to Windows XP Professional över the network. Then I
copy the files and folders from Windows XP Professional to
another Windows NT 4 Server SP6a over the network.
Will files and folder be the same?.
Or will some info be lost between?.

Windows NT 4 Server and Windows XP Professional are using
NTFS.



//Anders Andersson

 

[purplehaz]

A copy of a file is a copy of a file. There would be no info or data lost.
The os has nothing to do with it, except for permissions. The copied
folder/files would take on the permissions of the folders on the server they
are copied to.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Why would they lose anything? They shouldn't unless there is some corruption
during the copy process.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



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wrote in message Hello.
If I copy files and folders from Windows NT 4 Server with
SP6a to Windows XP Professional över the network. Then I
copy the files and folders from Windows XP Professional to
another Windows NT 4 Server SP6a over the network.
Will files and folder be the same?.
Or will some info be lost between?.

Windows NT 4 Server and Windows XP Professional are using
NTFS.



//Anders Andersson

 

[Alex Nichol]

If I copy files and folders from Windows NT 4 Server with
SP6a to Windows XP Professional över the network. Then I
copy the files and folders from Windows XP Professional to
another Windows NT 4 Server SP6a over the network.

When you copy a file across a network, the resulting file will be
exactly the same as the original (provided there are no failures in
transmission). The file system is just a matter of how it is held on a
particular machine and does not change the data. There is though a
probability that related metadata (access permissions for example) will
be left behind