I remember that I could set up everything that I intended to write
onto a CD disk in a directory, say, c:\a - which I could test before
wasting a disk. You know - like autorun.inf, setup.html, etc.

I think it involved the DOS command 'mount' to assign an unused drive
letter to C:\a, but I may be wrong since XP doesn't seem to like it.
I think I did it under W95 or early W98's.

Can someone tell me how to do it under XP PRO?

Thanks

geezer wrote:
> I remember that I could set up everything that I intended to write
> onto a CD disk in a directory, say, c:\a - which I could test before
> wasting a disk. You know - like autorun.inf, setup.html, etc.
>
> I think it involved the DOS command 'mount' to assign an unused drive
> letter to C:\a, but I may be wrong since XP doesn't seem to like it.
> I think I did it under W95 or early W98's.
>
> Can someone tell me how to do it under XP PRO?

SUBST?

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Hello geezer

Is this the command want to use?
Subst X: c:\MyFolderToMount

Kind Regards
Piet Carpentier


"geezer" wrote:

> I remember that I could set up everything that I intended to write
> onto a CD disk in a directory, say, c:\a - which I could test before
> wasting a disk. You know - like autorun.inf, setup.html, etc.
>
> I think it involved the DOS command 'mount' to assign an unused drive
> letter to C:\a, but I may be wrong since XP doesn't seem to like it.
> I think I did it under W95 or early W98's.
>
> Can someone tell me how to do it under XP PRO?
>
> Thanks
>

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:44:07 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>SUBST?
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP


That's it! Thanks. It even works!

G

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:44:07 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>SUBST?
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP


That's it! Thanks. It even works!

Same thanks to you Piet Carpentier

G

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:22:57 GMT, geezer <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>
>That's it! Thanks. It even works!
>
>Same thanks to you Piet Carpentier
>
>G


It only seems to do half the job - I am still missing something.
I can assign an unused drive letter to a HD sub-directory just fine.
Of course - when I double click on it, using 'My Computer', I get a
window of all the sub-directory's content. That's not what I want.

I want to use the assigned drive letter to simulate CD disk
'autoplay'. In that way I know before I burn the sub-directory
contents to a CD disk, if it works or not.

There was a way that I can't recall that I could do this. I thought
it was by choosing 'open' on the assigned drive letter in My Computer,
but alas it doesn't work.

Anyone help me here?

Thanks

Geezer

Why not use a CDRW for testing?
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"geezer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I remember that I could set up everything that I intended to write
> onto a CD disk in a directory, say, c:\a - which I could test before
> wasting a disk. You know - like autorun.inf, setup.html, etc.
>
> I think it involved the DOS command 'mount' to assign an unused drive
> letter to C:\a, but I may be wrong since XP doesn't seem to like it.
> I think I did it under W95 or early W98's.
>
> Can someone tell me how to do it under XP PRO?
>
> Thanks

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:30:56 -0400, "GTS" <x> wrote:

>Why not use a CDRW for testing?


May be the only way I guess. It's just that I know I was able to do
what I described. It was just a long time ago, and I have forgotten
how.

Thanks anyway

Geezer

geezer wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:30:56 -0400, "GTS" <x> wrote:
>
>
>>Why not use a CDRW for testing?
>
>
>
> May be the only way I guess. It's just that I know I was able to do
> what I described. It was just a long time ago, and I have forgotten
> how.
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> Geezer
Would a virtual CD work? Here's a link to a free utility:

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpvirtualcd.html

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:58:55 -0500, gls858 <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Would a virtual CD work? Here's a link to a free utility:
>
>http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpvirtualcd.html


I tried it. It seems to want a disk image file (ala .ISO) whereas I
have data files & executables.

Thanks anyway.

Geezer