Windows 10: Mount a Hard Drive as a Folder in Windows 10

Hello,I have just followed instructions to mount a hard drive as a folder in Windows 10. I will be using this to store music files.Rather than the internal SSD.What I would like some information on is this. If I have the hard drive connected to my computer and I make a Clone or a System Image, will the music files on the mounted hard drive be copied in the process.If the external hard drive is now classed as a folder I would think it would be copied in either case but I don't want to find out later this is not the case.Any advice would be appreciated.Thanks,Ray Bellamy..

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How to mount Drive and Folder in Windows 10.

Hi Thom,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We understand your concern. We recommend you to refer
Assign a mount point folder path to a drive for mounting a drive in Windows 10 and please follow the steps mentioned below to mount folder as virtual drive in Windows 10.

1. Search for cmd in search bar.

2. Right click on Command Prompt in the list and choose
Run as administrator.

3. In the text box behind Browser, type the following command
subst X: "Location of your folder" (Replace X with the drive letter you would like to name as, and
"Location of your folder" with the location of the folder you wish to mount as drive with the double codes. For example
subst G: "D:\<Username>\My videos").

4. Restart the computer and you will see a new drive next to all your other physical drive.

Regards,

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Should I be able to mount usb2 hard drive in usb3 port?

I hate to have to revive this thread (thought it was solved) but no...

I have several usb hard drives (all WD Elements 2TB) two of which are usb 2 and two usb 3. The usb 2 drives will NOT mount in the usb 3 port on my computer. The computer does have a usb 2 port (around back where it's hard to reach) so I can use them as needed but these drives SHOULD work in any port.

If anyone can suggest a solution, step right up! Running Windows 10 20H2. TIA