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

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here's a toolkit to provide that functionality:
 http://www.pulsetrainsw.com/products_virtualstoragetoolkit.htm
>>>
Yes, Gustav, this is what "doctor ordered"! (and even much more than that)
But I can't find how much it costs - probably a fortune because of its
advanced features and source code availability - and I wanted something like
that but rather simple and free or at minimal cost...

THNX you very much for your help!
Shamil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Setting up a virtual disk - Was: Re: [AccessD] Setting
uparam disk


> Hi Shamil
>
> > I'm not sure that these virtual CDs(first three URLs below) are what I'm
> > looking for but I've to check that.
>
> Neither am I.
>
> A file for a disk sounds more like what the old Stacker, DoubleSpace
> and DriveSpace compression utilities offered. But those are not
> dynamic and don't work with NTFS.
>
> Still wondering what your purpose or application could be ... here's a
> toolkit to provide that functionality:
>
>   http://www.pulsetrainsw.com/products_virtualstoragetoolkit.htm
>
> Also, what you describe is somewhat what some encrypting utilities do.
> Here's one:
>
>   http://www.secureaction.com/cryptoexpert/
>
> /gustav
>
>
> > What I wanted is:
>
> > - create a file say 500MB;
> > - assign a drive letter to this file;
> > - let/force ms windows to treat this file as a 500MB hard drive - a
virtual
> > 500MB hard-drive;
> > - be able to dynamically(i.e. without reboot) create, format, use(copy
files
> > on it, delete/move files from it etc.) and delete such virtual hard
drives.
> > I.e. this virtual drive(500MB file) should have internally the same file
> > structure as a real physical 500MB hard drive or 500MB partition of a
> > physical hard drive...
>
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