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Does moving a file outside NTFS lose data in alternate data streams?

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Mar 15, 20263968 views
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I have a lot of files on a machine running Windows Server 2008 which I wanted to move to a Fedora machine. How can I keep the attributes stored in, for example, media files (date taken, rating, length, etc.) while transferring it to outside the realm of NTFS's Alternate Data Streams? I'm aware that…

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Information stored in actual file streams will be lost. (Streams from sysinternals.com is a utility that allows you to view streams and optionally, delete them.) The kinds of files I believe you're talking about (photos, videos, etc.) store their me…

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