Your PC's file system must support hard links. The game must be initialised and the mods folder present (usually starting the game once will do this). Mod Staging folder must be on the same partition (drive) as the game's mods folder. Full read/write access to the game's mods folder. Due to the seamless nature of hard links, some applications may see the link as a copy of the original file and measure disc space as if it was duplicated. Vortex Mods folder must be on the same partition as the game mods folder. Mods are managed from their own folders, rather than the game mods folder. Wide Operating System and File System support. On purging your mods these links are removed. Each deployment will check and rebuild all Hard links. Vortex adds your mods to the mod install path, then makes a hard link to your mod install location when deployed. This way there is no difference between the original and link files after the link is created. Hard Links work by creating a second entry in the index pointing to the new location but still referencing the original file data. Files are stored in two parts, the actual file data and an index containing the filename, access rights, creation/modified dates and other information. 
To understand Hardlink deployment you must first know how File Systems work.
1.2 Hardlink vs Virtual File System (VFS).
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