Moving folder

[Guest]

When moving a sub-folder from one folder to another on the same disk
partition does Win XP create a temporary folder first on the destination and
then delete the original when it has completed the move, or does it delete
the original as it goes.
The reason I ask is that I need to be sure I am not going to fill the
partition when I move the folder.

 

[Gordon]

When moving a sub-folder from one folder to another on the same disk
partition does Win XP create a temporary folder first on the destination
and
then delete the original when it has completed the move, or does it delete
the original as it goes.
The reason I ask is that I need to be sure I am not going to fill the
partition when I move the folder.

Then copy, not move. Once the copy has been successful, then delete the
original.

 

[Guest]

There's not enough disk space to make a copy, that's the point.

 

[Gordon]

There's not enough disk space to make a copy, that's the point.

How big is the folder?

 

[Guest]

This will be an ongoing process to do with archiving; it's not just a one-off
with one folder. The folder sizes could be up to 10GB (or more).
I just want to know how the Windows MOVE process works; whether it first
creates a temporary folder or whether it does a straight move.

 

[Gordon]

This will be an ongoing process to do with archiving; it's not just a
one-off
with one folder. The folder sizes could be up to 10GB (or more).
I just want to know how the Windows MOVE process works; whether it first
creates a temporary folder or whether it does a straight move.

Well if you don't have 10GB of free space on your HDD then it's either time
to do some housekeeping, or get a bigger (or secondary) HDD!

 

[Todd]

When moving a sub-folder from one folder to another on the same disk
partition does Win XP create a temporary folder first on the destination and
then delete the original when it has completed the move, or does it delete
the original as it goes.
The reason I ask is that I need to be sure I am not going to fill the
partition when I move the folder.

When moving a folder from one partition to another, a new folder is created
on the target partition, and then the folder is deleted from the source
partition.

When "moving" a folder or file from one folder to another in the same
partition, the file or folder is not recreated in the target folder and then
deleted from the source forlder. A new pointer is created in the target
folder to point to the folder or file, and then the pointer to the folder or
file in the source folder is deleted. The actual folder or file is not
moved or re-created.

If you are moving a file or folder within a partition, you should not have
to worry about over filling the partition.

Todd

 

[Guest]

Thank you Todd. That was just what I needed to know.