Mapping a Folder as a Drive

[hairy77]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone can help me with the following. I would like to have a folder that is treated as a drive. (ie c:\drivee would be e:\).

I'm aware of SUBST - but this seems to be screwed up. (So many programs error out when referencing to the subst drive for various reasons).

I'm aware of net use (via creating a share), but the problem with that is that the drive will appear as a network drive, and not local.

Just wondering if anyone knows of some other tools, etc that would achieve the above?

Cheers

Adam.

[K-Sheep]

I am not aware of anything of great moment as yet, but some suggestions:
 - Use TrueCrypt to create an encrypted folder/file which you mount as a drive
 - Create a new VHD using the windows disk utility and mount that.

Not ideal I know, depending on the applications you are putting this to, but its a suggestion.

[K-Sheep]

DOH!

I think I found what you are looking for
Open disk management, and select the drive you want. Right click on it and select Change Letter/Path
Then, instead of change, click ADD. Follow the prompts.

Enjoy!

L.

[hairy77]

Hey Sheep,

Thanks for the ideas. Unfortunately the Add Drive Letter or Path allows me to add a partition as a drive letter (what we're used too), or alternatively as a path.

ie - if I have 2 partitions on my HDD, I can have the first one marked as drive C:\

The second partition I can mount as c:\PARTITION2 (for instance) instead of assigning a separate drive letter for it. (Similar to linux).

Maybe it's not possible to do anymore. Having virtual drives creates additional overheads, a path I'm not really keen on going down at the moment.

Don't know why subst has been stuffed up. (Used to work great in earlier versions of windows and DOS).