Mapping a local directory to a drive letter

[Andy Fish]

Hi,

In XP, I would like to map a local directory to a drive letter. I have
previously done this using a network drive, but I am concered that
this will be inefficient as I need to make very heavy use of this
drive.

I looked at the subst command but I don't like the fact that I have to
set up a startup menu item (or some registry key) to run it every time
- I would really like it to be a permanent setting so all users of the
machine would automatically get it.

Is there some way of directly mounting a directory onto a local drive
letter so that it becomes pary of the machine's config? - I'm sure I
remember reading about such a feature once.

Thanks all,

Andy

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Andy,

HOW TO: Create and Use NTFS Mounted Drives in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307889

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Andy Fish]

Thanks Rick,

unfortunately I want do do it the other way round i.e. take an existing
directory and map it as a drive letter. I can see now that my question was a
bit ambigous.

Still, it's interesting to know you can mount drives under a folder - I
didn't know that was possible.

Andy

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I have done this in Windows NT 4 before. I do not know if it works in 2000
or XP.

1) Share the directory from your drive.

2) Browse the network and find your PC's name

3) Map the directory to a drive and say "reconnect on log-on".

 

[Alexander Grigoriev]

look for SUBST command in Help And Support.