Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk

THNX for your info Lambert,

But what I need is a virtual drive with its own directory/file structure not
just logical drive letter...

Shamil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Heenan, Lambert" <Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 12:39 AM
Subject: RE: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting up a ram
disk


> Shamil,
>
> SUBST is all you need - it's been part of MS-DOS since version 2.0.
>
> Create a folder on any existing drive.
>
> Issue the command
>    SUBST X: Y:\Folder
>
> where X is the drive letter you want to create and Y:\Folder points to the
> folder you will use as your virtual drive.
>
> If will use whatever file system exists on the drive hosting the folder -
> you cannot format the virtual drive.
>
> To get rid of the virtual drive (does NOT delete any files) use
>    SUBST X: /D
>
> Lambert
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Shamil Salakhetdinov [SMTP:shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru]
> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 4:08 PM
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: OT: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting
> > up a ram disk
> >
> > It's Friday - and I wanted to have a virtual disk - something like:
> >
> > -  create a file;
> > - assign a logical drive letter to it;
> > - use this virtual(/logical) drive as if it were a real disk i.e. format
> > it,
> > create a file system (FAT or NTFS) on it, directory structure, files
etc.
> >
> > RAMDisk from Q257405 isn't good choice for my wish because I wanted to
> > have
> > as big as possible virtual disk - limited to the size of the drive on
> > which
> > its file will be located...
> >
> > I hope there is somewhere a driver for such a virtual disk for
> > Windows2000,
> > anybody?
> >
> > Am I missing something obvious?
> >
> > TIA for any info,
> > Shamil
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bobby Heid" <bheid at appdevgrp.com>
> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 6:43 PM
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk
> >
> >
> > > Also, check out MS KB article Q257405 for creating one under windows
> > 2000.
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W.
Colby
> > > Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:15 AM
> > > To: AccessD
> > > Subject: [AccessD] Setting up a ram disk
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to set up a ram disk in a batch file and run it
> > when
> > > windows starts?  Help to do that?
> > >
> > > John W. Colby
> > > Colby Consulting
> > > www.ColbyConsulting.com
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