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How does the Move function work, exactly ?
I've been trying to move around a lot of files lately. I've mostly used the Copy function at first (or third-party copy tools with hash verification), thinking it was the safe way.
Then, I experimented with the Move function, and I was surprised to find that it works with no delay at all, even if there are tons of files involved (provided, I think, that one remains within the same partition or disk).
I assumed that it is because it does not change anything to the file itself, but only tells Windows : this file used to be here, now it's there, just change the path.
I also assumed that, beyond being much faster than Copy, it's also safer, since it does not have to create the file all over again, so no corruption can happen.
And therefore, that it should be preferred when moving a large number of files.
Is that correct ?