Create a Virtual Drive in Windows

This is a simple trick to create virtual drive in windows.

By using this trick, you can access your favorite folder as a drive in your computer. This trick make use of Ms.DOS in your computer.

If you are using XP/Vista or any other OS before Windows7:

• Goto Start button
• Click on Run
• Type "cmd.exe" without quotes & press enter
• Then on the black cmd.exe screen, type : 

subst A: E:\folder & hit enter

where,
 subst = command in DOS fro substitution
A: = is your desired drive. You can choose any drive that is not allocated.
E:\folder = is the path of your folder that you want to change as drive.

• type "exit" to exit from Ms.DOS

Congratulations, you have successfully created a new drive. This drive is basically a shortcut, but the computer will treat it as any other drive. It is actually a virtual drive.

Uses?

• If you have tried to install any old programs like QBASIC , C++ etc, you will notice that they require [A:] which is floppy drive. If you do not have floppy drive, you can mount the files in A: drive using this method.
• You can fool your friends too, because the v.drive actually shows the space of your whole drive from where it is mounted. If it is mounted from a drive having 100GB space, the virtual drive will also show another 100GB. This is not REAL space. But your friend will never know.

How to delete a virtual drive?

• Usually it deletes itself on restart. You can prevent this by making a batch file & keeping it in startup folder.
• Manually, you can delete it by opening cmd.exe like before, and typing:

subst A: /d 

where,
subst = command
A: = The drive that you created.
/d = delete attribute.

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