re: moving files or folders generally Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 12:10 pm Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by C K (6122 messages posted) Would have to agree with Jerry. To be completely safe, always copy and paste. Cut/paste, drag etc can fail, especially on large files and you end up with corruption or a completely lost file, especially if the system decides to go down just then. An operating system is not trustworthy. Confirm the file is really moved and then delete the source file manually when it is valuable data. On Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 11:03 am, George Bailey wrote: >When does dragging move and when copy? >Also, cut and paste to USB stick seems to remove any trace on the PC and maybe (?) >work with a USB HDD. Is it a safe way to move blocks of valuable data and make space >on the PC HDD? Written in response to: moving files or folders generally (mike: Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 11:03 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] moving files or folders generally (mike: Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:03 am) re: moving files or folders generally (Jerry: Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:43 am) re: moving files or folders generally (Jerry: Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 11:54 am) re: moving files or folders generally (C K: Thu, Dec 6, 2007, 12:10 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum