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Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 1, 2009 at 05:02 PM
For your info, version 2 of the software has been released. New features include:
- Map files
- Create folders to organize mappings
- Multiple virtual drives
- Automatically hide files and folders that don’t exist
- Sharing the virtual drive in LAN
The software has a new name, Virtual Disk.
After having used v.1 for some time, I can say that it’s simple but reliable software; what it does, it does well.
More at: http://www.virtualdisk.net/
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 22, 2009 at 07:42 AM
Just a note to say that Virtual Disk is featured at Giveaway of the Day, today:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/virtual-disk/
Posted by Cassius
May 23, 2009 at 05:49 PM
Looking at the description and comments on Virtual Disk, it occurred to me that one can accomplish the same thing (I think?) with many two-pane PIMs.
First, see a screen shot at
http://www.fileshome.com/organize_files_file_management_reorganize_files_167781.htmGoogle .
According to the comments on Virtual Disk, it has two or three disadvantages:
1) Some people claimed that one couldn’t add a single file to Virtual Disk (but perhaps could add it to a folder in Virtual Disk?)
2) One can add only one folder (or file) at a time.
3) If one isn’t careful, one will delete the original file or folder when one tries to delete just its “shortcut” link in Virtual Disk, and the original is not saved in the Recycle Bin.
Of course, some similar programs may not have these problems.
I tried using some of the 2-pane PIMS I have to achieve the same functionality of Virtual Disk.
Here are the results, in Win XP: (Of course, many of us already do this.)
ListPro: Could not drag or otherwise add file or folder links.
JotPlus: One can add both folder and file links to JotPlus and can add several at a time using drag-and-drop. However, the entire path is displayed, which can be very long, making it a bit of a pain to read the file or folder name.
TreePad Business: One can drag and drop both folders and files into TreePad Biz. Just the folder or file name is displayed, not the entire path. HOWEVER. The second time you add a link to a pane, be sure you are starting on a new line in TreePad. Otherwise the new link will become part of the last link you added. (Adding links to shortcuts gets one nowhere.)
MyBase: Dragging and dropping links into MyBase can be problematic and the displayed link is not pretty. A better way is to click “Capture” on the toolbar and then click either “Insert Local File Hyperlink” or “Insert Local Folder Hyperlink.” The remaining steps are obvious. One can add several FILE links at one time just by highlighting the files, but only one FOLDER link at a time. Also, the folder links show the entire path; the file links show only the file name. As with TreePad, when one adds a new link to a pane that already has some, one must be sure to start on a new line.
So, it seems that among these three PIMs, TreePad works best as a “Virtual Disk.” If anyone has a better alternative, please let us know.
ALSO: Virtual Disk and similar programs may have features of which I am unaware. If you know of such, please tell us about them.
-c
Posted by quant
May 24, 2009 at 07:49 AM
>So, it seems that among these three PIMs, TreePad works best as a ?Virtual Disk.? If anyone has a better alternative, please let us know.
UR has no problems to import/link several files/folders at once, the link is stored in the URL attribute. One can also set whether linking the same file at another location will create another item or just logical link, whether to include subfolders when importing, whether it should also keyword content, whether using document title when available, whether it should map metadata to existing UR attributes, etc ...
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jun 3, 2009 at 04:15 PM
Cassius wrote:
> Looking at the description and comments on Virtual Disk, it occurred to me that one can accomplish the same thing (I think?) with many two-pane PIMs.
Well, yes and no; the problem with the PIM approach is that if the root path changes (for example the drive is assigned another letter) the links are lost. In one’s own PC it should be possible to re-assign the drive letter, but not so in enterprise or nomadic environments.
So, for me, Virtual Disk is complementary to a 2-pane PIM, such as UltraRecall which I use. I use VD to make sure that my file paths will always be valid, and then I can link to the files in the virtual folders through the PIM.
Alexander