Which of the following data transfers will retain the current NTFS permissions of a file?

The correct answer is D. Moving the file to a different location on the same volume. Moving a file to a different location on the same NTFS volume will retain current NTFS permissions. However, if the file is moved to another volume with different file system like FAT32, permissions will be invalided and you have to reassign permissions to the file.

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ACopying the file to a different location on the same volume
BCopying the file to a different location on a different volume
CMoving the file to a different location on a different volume
DMoving the file to a different location on the same volume

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Moving a file to a different location on the same NTFS volume will retain current NTFS permissions. However, if the file is moved to another volume with different file system like FAT32, permissions will be invalided and you have to reassign permissions to the file.

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