Backups

[Jace]

If I have a 1MB image and a hard link to it, the hard link looks to NTFS like another 1MB file.

So when I back it up, does it take 2MB of disk space on the backup?

Why not convert duplicates to shortcuts in MS Windows (1kb each) instead of "hard links"?

[DV]

When you copy the hard linked file to another drive, it will behave like a normal file - so the files will take up 2MB space again.

Converting to shortcuts could be useful but not in all cases.