Windows XP vs Vista: NTFS Junction points

Question

Problem: I relied heavily on NTFS Junction points in Windows XP, even though they apparently were not an \"official\" feature of the operating system. Now MSFT

Answer 1

Junctions points within the same volume should work - they should be hardlinked directories.

Have you tried if the USB drive works between XP machines? It might not work.

I know that for vista the volumes are NOT identified by path (Q:) but by volume GUID. The $MFT_REPARSE_POINT format might have changed from XP to Vista to accomodate this. Under Vista, this mean that even if your Q drive is suddenly X, the junction point shoudl still work, where under XP it would be broken.