Duplicate 'My Documents' on other drive.. Delete files and they delete from the other drive?!

David_VI

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I just noticed something really odd while trying to clear up a drive. I have a user folder on this drive with a 'My Documents' folder inside it. I thought it was an old backup but upon opening 'My Documents' on my C:/ drive its identical. I deleted a file from the folder on my other drive and it also disappeared from the C:/'s folder.

Whats going on? I can't delete this user folder on my other drive because it will delete my C:/ ones.. I was hoping to format it :|

This seems like an odd issue and I can't imagine what would cause it.

Any ideas?
 
wazza300 said:
idk,maybe if its shared? or linked?

look in permissions
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What should I look for in permissions?

I should add, this is an external drive in an enclosure I only plugged in today for first time in a few weeks :|. The folders i'm speaking off are ghosted like hidden folders with a little padlock on them.
 
Renamed the user folder to user1 and documents to documents1. Still deletes both files if I delete one. I guess its not a copy but actually the same folder somehow being beamed into the other drives folders magically for some weird reason. I don't think the user folders take up any extra space on the external drive so they aren't really there :|
 
This is what its properties window looks like..


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I'm going to plug the drive into another computer. I'm sure the folders contents will disappear but I wonder if the folder will aswell.

I realised I haven't even tried to delete the folder yet.. Suppose i'm scared i'll delete the main one like the contents!
Edit: lol. Deleting it got rid of it.. and didn't remove the main folder... Sorted I guess but still no explanation?
 
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