tricky question

ciscoboy

What is the difference between moving a file within an NTFS partition versus moving a file across NTFS partitions?

garv221

When copying or moving files and folders within or between NTFS volumes, remember this key concept: Whenever Windows must create a file or folder as a result of a copy or move action, the file or folder will inherit permissions from the destination folder.

When a file or folder is moved within an NTFS partition, the file or folder doesn't need to be re-created. Thus, the files and folders retain the original permissions after they are moved.

However, when a file or folder is copied within or between NTFS volumes, Windows must create a copy of the file or folder being copied. Thus, copying a file or folder results in that copied file or folder inheriting permissions from the destination folder.

The same is true for files or folders being moved between NTFS volumes. When moving a file or folder between NTFS volumes, the moved file or folder must be created on the destination volume, which means the moved file or folder will inherit the destination folder's permissions.

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The only transfer that retains its permissions from the source folder or file is a move within the same NTFS drive....

Everything else inherits the destination folders permissions...