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When would one prefer a Junction Point (Directory Hard Link) over a symbolic link?

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Technically, I get the difference between the two; this is just a usage question. In particular, I want to move some folders off of a smaller hard drive and onto a larger one, but I need to use some sort of link to do it--the application that uses these files only expects them to be where they curr…

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Because Symbolic Links have more functionality, they are preferred, but if the disk may need to be used with pre-Vista Windows operating systems (including boot discs), use Junctions instead.

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