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Originally Posted by jecilop
"Links to files on removable media are not maintained"...got it...so now it's down to storing in a Calibre library on a portable or links that might move although not regularly..Right now, I'm thinking I'll just put links in my library and go from there.
I REALLY appreciate your input!  |
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jecilop - glad we got the bottom of it, and thanks for thanks. I was a tad concerned that your prior comment about "...
missing the point of your inquiry and offering a ranting reply... might have been directed at me
I think I worked out why DLT is 'faster' since - 'I suspect Vista'. In earlier versions of Windows (e.g. 2000/XP) a file system object (file or folder) stored its Object Id in an alternate data stream (ADS) - aka a separate file fork - within context of the file itself. The DLT Service relies on Object ID's to work.
Back when XP ruled the roost, there was a lot of brouhaha that malware could squirrel itself away in an Object ID ADS - although I'm not sure any ever did. With the advent of Vista, MS relocated the Object IDs away from file/folder ADS's into a central table. I think they did they same thing with Security ID's. Not only did this quieten down the brouhaha about ADS's and malware, it also made DLT faster - at the expense of a single point of failure, which MS addressed through replicating the MFT and other tricks.
BR