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Moving On Up

Copying folders is a very safe operation because nothing happens to the original data. Copy operations are often used for presenting a consolidated view of data (such as copying log files) or for creating redundant data for backup purposes (as in the case of VBScript book manuscripts). Moving folders, on the other hand, can be used to free up disk space, or can be used simply because two copies of the data are neither required nor desired. If a copy operation fails halfway through, you simply end up with an extra copy of half your data. If, on the other hand, a move operation fails halfway through, to have even one complete set of information, you have to go to the destination machine and move your data back. As a result, with important ...