1. What Is a Hard Link? A hard link is a directory entry that associates a name with a file on the file system. In simple terms: it’s an additional filename that points directly to the same physical file data on disk.
mklink /H C:\Backups\important.pdf C:\Users\Me\Documents\important.pdf mklink /H requires administrator rights? No – regular users can create hard links to their own files. (But creating links to system files may need elevation.) Using PowerShell New-Item -ItemType HardLink -Path "LinkName" -Target "TargetFile" Example: hard link windows
\Users\Me\Documents\notes.txt \Backups\notes_backup.txt \Archive\2023\notes.txt In CMD: hard link windows
fsutil hardlink query "filename" Or use PowerShell: hard link windows