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- What the hard links are?
Hard links are the feature of Microsoft New Technology File System.
Hard links are additional links to files. In other words, using
the hard link technology lets to see the file in several catalogues
simultaneously but it is the same file in actual fact.
- How Same Files Assistant finds the files which are linked
to each other, and recognizes their names?
NTFS keeps the same files' identificator for all files linked
between each other. Therefore, if to scan the whole disk and to
put all identificators together, then we can know which file had
linked to each other. Since the scanning of the whole disk is
a very long process, Same Files Assistant does not scan it every
time. It just keeps the base of files' identificators and pathways
which are linked with them. As soon as new file appears on the
disk under Same Files Assistant supervision, then our program
checks this file. If number of references to it is more than one,
its name will be added to the base.
- Why Same Files Assistant Scheduler is in the system
tray and why it begins its work under start of a computer?
Same Files Assistant Scheduler is needed for searching appearance
of new hard links in the real time, that is why it has to be working
constantly. Also, it acts like a small bridge which relates Explorer's
context menu with Same Files Assistant Robot.
- What is Same Files Assistant Robot? Why I observe it
in the running processes list?
It is the very program which is processing demands from Explorer,
for example, the demand to create new hard link. As soon as Same
Files Assistant Robot will have completed the task laid on it,
then it will be closed automatically. If Same Files Assistant
Robot is in the process list but you did not start it, then probably
it was started automatically with Same Files Assistant Scheduler
for checking either the newly created files have hard links or
not.
- Why Same Files Assistant began scanning of the whole
disk when I tried to create new hard link?
Possibly, the database of Same Files Assistant was damaged for
some external reasons. Same Files Assistant automatically restores
damaged database, but for to do that it has to make scanning of
the disk beforehand.
- Why Same Files Assistant can show that it does not know
with whom my newly created hard link related?
Possibly, this hard link was blocked with some program when Same
Files Assistant was trying to check it. Another possible reason
is that Same Files Assistant Scheduler was not working at the
time this hardlink was being created, or there was disabled the
function of watching at the disk where this hard link is. To correct
situation you can run Same Files Assistant Wizard and make scan
procedure of the disk: choose menu item "make new hardlinks",
and then choose menu item "scan these directories for same
files". Just close Same Files Assistant Wizard without addition
of any hard links when Same Files Assistant Wizard will have scanned
the disk. Database of hard links will be renewed.
- How can I use Same Files Assistant more?
You can scan the folder where you keep your program distributives,
and create hard links between same files on the scan results.
According to statistics, about 10% of files on disks are the same
and repeated files. Same Files Assistant can help you do not waste
your disk for repeated data.
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