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Is it possible to make a partition in windows system, and make it behave as an USB device?
You might have heard of terms like Virtual Floopy/CDROM/USB.
Actually a USB will be connected from a client machine and the server takes it as a virtual USB and access the USB contents.. Is there any way, that I dont really need to plugin my USB.. Instead make a partition of my windows system to behave as a USB device?
I don't know whether such a solution exists.. Please help me..
If one doesn't exist, give some ideas, if this is feasible
@AUSTIN - It is what I exactly mean...I would like a hard drive partition to be seen by windows as a USB device instead of a hard drive
@AUSTIN- Actually my problem is we are a group of around 15 people working in the same project... We kind of share a single USB(office one).. we are not allowed to take USB from home... It is a client-server environment.. I need to use a USB from my client system to check some functionalities in my server(which will take it as virtual usb).. I kind of thought, if my hard disk starts behaving as USB, it would have been gr888...
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
From what you are saying, you make me believe you'd like a hard drive partition to be seen by windows as a USB device instead of a hard drive. Sort of a virtual USB device, only it uses a HDD partition instead of RAM for it's memory.
However, I am not sure what you would achieve from this. Even if it were possible in the operating system, such a thing would not carry over into the boot process, and it would simply be seen as part of the hard drive until windows drivers kicked in. So, don't expect it to work as a static boot disk of sorts.
On the other hand, if you are using Windows 7 and are trying to make a large partition of a HDD for readyboost you may find some luck by simply looking into shrinking your main partition and making another partition in the space left behind. If the HDD is fast enough itll pass under Windows 7's tests and will be used for readyboost.
Disclaimer: You may find many miscellaneous utilities scattered throughout the internet that may help you in whatever you are trying to do, and many involve messing with partitions and boot sectors. They also involve many instances of changing system files to work in ways they werent meant to. This includes partitions that are a part of your windows installation and the boot sector that makes Windows boot on your computer. Always have your operating system setup disc at the ready in case of problems where you may need to repair your operating system. Also, keep backups of important data.
Source(s): Experience - JoelKatzLv 71 decade ago
It's not clear what you're asking. What kind of USB device do you want it to behave as? If a USB hard drive or flash drive, it already does behave like that. If some other kind of device, how would it?
Are you trying to create an emulated CD from an ISO file?
What do a client and server have to do with anything?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
That doesn't even make sense at all. You can make another partition and use it as storage, but it can't be used like a USB. Thats pretty dense.
