Microsoft KB Archive/219291

= How Multiple Data Streams Are Handled in a Windows 2000 Network =

Article ID: 219291

Article Last Modified on 2/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q219291



SUMMARY
When you move files with multiple data streams, only the NTFS file system is capable of storing files with multiple data streams. FAT file systems (FAT16 and FAT32) were not designed with this functionality in mind, and therefore cannot store multiple data streams.

The following table illustrates which operating systems are capable of moving files with multiple data streams from drive to drive or server to server that are formatted with the NTFS file system:

Windows 2000 prompts you when a file with multiple data streams is being copied or moved from an NTFS partition to a partition or network share that does not support multiple data streams. With earlier clients (such as Windows NT and Windows 95/98), the file is copied without the additional data streams; there is no prompt specifying that the additional data streams will be removed.



MORE INFORMATION
Copying from the console on a Windows NT-based or Windows 2000-based server where files with additional data streams are stored to other NTFS partitions (both locally or across the network on other servers) also preserves additional data stream information.

Keywords: kbinfo kbnetwork KB219291

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