Who keep metadata from XP ?

[Max]

Hi people,

In Windows XP we can create metadata for all type of file (right click on a
file then properties\summary)

but when you transfer a file from XP to Vista all those metadata are been
deleted ! so how can we keep it ? (and edit them under vista)

Thx a lot

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Metadata is stored by the file system, not with the file. As such it cannot
be transferred between systems.

 

[Gary Mount]

You will find the information under the "Details" tab instead of a "Summary'
tab.
Also, you have to use the NTFS in order to keep the meta data. If you copy
onto a fat32, or other none NTFS location, the meta data does not copy over.

 

[Max]

"Metadata is stored by the file system, not with the file. As such it
cannot
be transferred between systems."

Ho ok
but when I read a file (how hosted on a XP machine) with another XP machine
I can access to the NTFS metadata anyways, there are a way to enable this in
vista ?




"You will find the information under the "Details" tab instead of a
"Summary' tab.
Also, you have to use the NTFS in order to keep the meta data. If you copy
onto a fat32, or other none NTFS location, the meta data does not copy
over."

Yeah, of course the target folder is also in NTFS format, so "normally" Its
keep the metadata but with Vista no



..There are any solution to keep those ntfs metadata on Vista ?
..why Microsoft as not implemented this function ?

 

[Gary Mount]

I did a test of copying a file with some added information I made in the
Summary. The information copied over from an XP machine onto a Vista machine
without losing the data.

 

[Max]

what was the file type ?
because I think some are supported by vista, I have myself try with .exe and
..txt and don't work

So tell me which file type and I will try the same.

thx a lot.

 

[Gary Mount]

I used a jpg file to do my test. .txt files do not have meta data that I can
edit anyway.

 

[Gary Mount]

Here is a link to more information about metadata...
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897440.aspx

It seems to really be "alternate data streams of information."

 

[Gary Mount]

After some testing, the .jpg file does not appear to have this alternate
stream that contains this metadata.

 

[Gary Mount]

I have been doing some further experimenting. using a .jpg file with some
comments I added, even when I copy the file to a fat formatted volume, the
data I added is still retained.
I would like to test this on a word document, but I haven't installed office
on my system yet. (I recently had to reinstall my O/S after accidently
reformatting my hard drive).

 

[Gary Mount]

My Windows XP machine has word. I can copy over a .doc file onto my Vista
machine, and the "metadata" copies over just fine. I can see the additional
data I added in the details tab on my Vista machine (even though I don't
have Word on the Vista machine yet).