| Platform SDK: Files and I/O |
The distributed link-tracking services are available only on Windows 2000, and are only available for link sources on Windows 2000 NTFS volumes. Thus if a link source is moved to a non-Windows 2000 NTFS volume (for example, to a FAT volume), or if a link source is moved to a computer running Windows NT 4.0, the tracking information is lost. Additionally, if a link source is moved even between Windows 2000 NTFS volumes, but the computer performing the move is running an earlier version of Windows NT or Windows 95/98, the link tracking information is lost. When the link tracking information is lost, no harm is done to the link-source file itself, it is simply not trackable by the distributed link-tracking services.
Links to files on removable media are not maintained. Also, the tracking service does not recognize a new NTFS volume until the system is rebooted. A new volume might become available because of repartitioning, reformatting a FAT volume to NTFS, or connecting a new external drive.