Windows Hard Link Info

It is crucial to distinguish hard links from other linking mechanisms.

Want to keep a "snapshot" of a file before making changes, but don't want to double disk space? windows hard link

Think of a file on your hard drive as a person and a "hard link" as a name badge. A person can wear multiple name badges—"John," "Manager," and "Dad"—but they are still just one person. It is crucial to distinguish hard links from

A hard link is an additional directory entry that points directly to the same underlying file data on disk. windows hard link

New-Item -ItemType HardLink -Path "C:\links\link.txt" -Target "C:\data\original.txt"