Can I upgrade my W510 32GB to 65GB

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  • omar-alnayme
    omar-alnayme Member Posts: 14 New User

    ""The device has to report to Windows that it is a fixed disk and not removable.""

     

    so is ther way to make sdcard report as fixed disk, like trik with third party software or somthing else.

  • labayojb
    labayojb Member Posts: 5

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    There sorta is a way to do that.  It's the way I've gotten SD card content to properly (and reliably) index music/video/pictures through Win8 library functionality.

     

    You'll need to create a Virtual Hard Disk (.vhd file) stored on your SD card and have it automatically mount at start-up.

     

    If you go to Administrative Tools->Computer Management->Disk Management, you can go to Options and Create VHD.  If you attach that, Windows will treat that mounted .vhd as a fixed disk in the system regardless of where it is physically located.  In theory, you could just stop there and manually mount the .vhd whenever you need it (as I rarely intentionally restart my tablet, this seems feasible to me).

     

    However, I found an application called 'VHD Attach' that helps with managing .vhd files and includes an option to automatically mount the .vhd on startup.  You'll have to google for the app.

     

    Hopefully that helps.

  • padgett
    padgett ACE Posts: 4,532 Pathfinder

    BTW you can set up the mount as a task on Win8 login. I use one to switch to desktop and open file explorer automagically on boot.

     

    That sound like a neat trick. I have just been using the clearfi player and windered why media player wasn't displaying the album info properly.

  • omar-alnayme
    omar-alnayme Member Posts: 14 New User

    Bro, you are the man.

     

    Your solution have solved all my problems...

     

    Many thanks...

     

    Omar.

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