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Need to copy between disks with variable drive letters
Hi,
The more I read about symlinks, hardlinks, junctions, etc....the more confused I get!?
I've seen so many contradicting explanations and my own experimentation hasn't helped clarify any of it either.
Here's what I'm trying to do...
I have files and folders located on a backup hard drive. I need to have some identical files/folders in two different locations on this same drive.
I used to just create simple Windows shortcuts but then would run into problems when the drive letter changed after being reconnected to Windows at a later date or on a different PC.
So this is what I'm trying to avoid happening again. Therefore I figured one of these other link types might help.
To experiment with it, I used LinkShellExtension on a USB flash drive to mimic that situation by doing exactly what I described above.
The results....
- Symlinks are broken as soon as I change the drive letter
- Hardlinks...there isn't anything called 'Hardlinks' in LSE?
- Junctions, LSE encounters an error when creating the Junction
So...how can this be done? There are a bunch of other options in LSE but I have no idea what they do so I don't want to mess around too much without having a clue of what I'm doing so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thx in advance!
Chumbo