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I am using SSD with my laptop and running out of free space..

So I bought an 64GB microSD card as a secondary storage.

But, when I launch My Computer, the SD card drive is recognized as, of course, an external removable device.

And now, I want to change the SD card drive like a 'real hard drive' even if it's just a fake.

So, if there is any solution, please let me know.. Thanks a lot!

I tried mlink to make alias to my SD card. The alias was created perfectly but it couldn't fake the cloud storage service to recognize the mlink as a hard drive. nice programmers.. no fake allowed.. Does anyone know other options? Thank you.

klados
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  • What are you trying to achieve by doing so? – Oliver Salzburg Feb 19 '13 at 18:32
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    @OliverSalzburg because of a cloud storage service. my cloud service only allows sync of local hard drives, not portable devices. any solution? thankx – klados Feb 19 '13 at 18:43
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    @klados symlink the card to some directory on your drive. Use command-line tool called `mklink`. – gronostaj Feb 19 '13 at 18:45
  • @gronostaj solved! great! not exactly what I wanted(making a hard-disk symlink), but it works. Thank you a lot. – klados Feb 19 '13 at 19:49
  • @gronostaj I'm here again. mlink worked perfectly but it couldn't fake my cloud service. it includes not only Dropbox but a few more minor services. Is there any other option? – klados Feb 20 '13 at 07:14

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Have you tried to:

Option 1

  • Run > diskmgmt.msc

  • Select the disk you are trying to copy > right click > Change Drive Letter and Paths

  • Click on Add > Mount in the following empty NTFS folder

and follow the rest of the instructions?

Option 2

Another option - overkill as hell - is to use TrueCrypt to encrypt the removable disk and mount it as fixed (done by default).

Cheers

Andre de Miranda
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  • YES!! It really works. At a glance, this method looks similar to the earlier one but totally different inside. Thanks @Andre de Miranda – klados Feb 20 '13 at 07:54
  • (still one of my cloud storages doesn't work that way but the others do) – klados Feb 20 '13 at 07:57
  • @klados I imagine you used the mount point option. Have you also tried using the TrueCrypt option? It is overkill but should work with all apps. – Andre de Miranda Feb 21 '13 at 04:05
  • yes that option works! but when I reboot, the cloud storage service starts before the TrueCrpyt mounting procedure. So, I gave up to use one of the services. Thank you. – klados Feb 22 '13 at 11:39