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Forgive me for using the native Windows Explorer as an example, but many other third-party file managers do the same. When you do an inter-volume move, no matter how large, it happens almost instantaneously. It seems as if the address of the file(s)/folder(s) are just being changed, but the mass of the objects themselves are not moved.

In XY, a sizeable move can take a sizeable amount of time. From the dialog, it appears that each object is being copied/deleted.

Is my observation wrong? Or, if I am correct, what is the real reason for this process.

You're using custom copy
Configuration | File Operations | Custom Copy Operations | Use Custom Copy

right?

Disable it, make the same operation again. Should be instant.

Custom copy offers a lot of flexibility but at a cost (speed for move operations for example).

There is a toolbar button "Use Custom Copy" that you can use to quickly en- or disable this feature...