Drag and drop copies instead of moving

[325bessererstreet]

Hello

I just installed a new harddrive. I dragged files from my desktop (on
drive C onto my new harddrive (drive E. However, instead of moving
the files like it normally does, it instead copies the files. Any idea
why?

Thanks
Andrew

 

[=?iso-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Mart=EDn_=5BMVP_Windows=5D?=]

Hi, Andrew.

This is by design. When you drag files from a folder to another folder on
the same volume, Explorer actually moves them. If the destination is on
another volume, the operation is a copy.

If you want to move the files, hold Shift key while dragging.

More information from Raymond Chen's blog:

Will dragging a file result in a move or a copy?
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/11/12/256472.aspx

 

[joseph2k]

Hello

I just installed a new harddrive. I dragged files from my desktop (on
drive C onto my new harddrive (drive E. However, instead of moving
the files like it normally does, it instead copies the files. Any idea
why?

Thanks
Andrew

That is standard behavior when they are dragged on a different physical
disk.