Moving folders from one hard drive to another

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I'm having some confusion with Vista.
When I move a folder(s) from one hard drive to another I notice all the
directories are still on the source drive. Every folder has no files but why
do they remain in the first place?

Confused in St. Louis
 
Mrlopez said:
I'm having some confusion with Vista.
When I move a folder(s) from one hard drive to another I notice all the
directories are still on the source drive. Every folder has no files but why
do they remain in the first place?

Confused in St. Louis
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How, specifically, are you performing the move? By design, if you
simply left-click and then drag a file or folder from one physical or
logical drive to another, Windows default action is to copy the
file/folder. Left-click & drag between two folders on the same
partition will move the file/folder. (Actually, nothing really moves,
directory is simply updated to reflect the change.)

If you truly wish to move a file or folder from one drive (physical or
logical), right-click and drag to the new desired location. When you
release the mouse button, you'll be prompted to select Move or Copy.


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I select the folders, right-click and choose move.

Original folders remain on the source disk but all folders are empty.

Mike
 
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