Portability: the drive will be unreadable by computers running Windows 95, 98 or Me, (some)Linux, or any other non-Windows device. Longevity: NTFS will shorten the life of the drive. It is a journalling file system, which means that it logs changes, not just the end result, causing more writes to the drive. It also logs … Read more
I’ve seen something similar to this. What ended up being the case is that the file was deleted while there were still outstanding locks on it. I couldn’t do a darned thing to it. Clearing the outstanding locks caused the file to fully delete.
I had the exact same problem in Server 2008 R2 and this is how I solved it: Right click on the folder you’re trying to restore from shadow copy and chose Previous Versions. Chose a date and click on Open. Right click on any file or folder within the previous folder and chose Properties. On … Read more
Microsoft distributes at least two Sysinternals tools for this. Junction lets you manipulate junction points (symbolic links). Streams will show you alternate data streams. That page also shows you the :stream syntax to manipulate them from command-line.