access folders as drives

Access folders as Drives
Hi all... this is very simple but quite useful [ i find it useful ]
this makes a particular folder be accessed as a drive.. in short words the folder becomes a drive.... To implement this...


1. go to Run -> cmd

2. in command prompt type the following

subst Z: E:\folder

and press enter

note:You can replace Z: with your desired New Drive Letter (Except existing Drive letters)!

You can replace E:\folder with the path of your folder

This creates a new drive ! When you open this , it will open your folder

but wen computer restarts it disappears... so to make it permanent we can create a batch file which should be loaded at the startup

to create a batch file

1.open note pad

2.type the following

@ECHO OFF
subst Z: E:\folder
exit

3.Save the file as virtualdrive.bat [u can use any name make sure ending is .bat ]

4.go to Start -> All Programs

5.Right Click on Startup >> Open

6. Paste the Virtual Drive Emulator.bat file here !

So everytime computer starts the virtual drive will still be there....


Also the drive will show Disk Space of the folder's drive so it wud seem as though the disk space has increased !!!