Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Creating Virtual Drives In Windows



This is a quick guide on how to create a Virtual Hard Drive in Windows that points to a folder somewhere within the filesystem. This could be a folder on a local hard disk, CD/DVD or USB drive as long as it is accessible.

1) Start Menu -> Run and type in "cmd" to launch Command Prompt

2) Now you can run the following commands (replace what is in []):

To Create A Virtual Drive
Command: subst [DRIVE LETTER]: "[FOLDER PATH]"
Example: subst x: "D:\temp"

To List All Virtual Drives
Command: subst

Delete A Virtual Drive
Command: subst [DRIVE LETTER]: /D
Example: subst x: /D


Upon successful execution of these commands, no argument will be returned. When you go to My Computer you should see your virtual drive. The virtual drive will not appear if you restart your computer. You will be required to redo the commands.

To Make A Virtual Drive Permanent, then refer to the steps 3 to 6 in this guide on how to do that:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2136865_virtual-drive.html

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