lsberman
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How do I create a virtual drive in Delphi, C# or VB?
Hi! I'd like to create a "virtual" mountable drive that uses one or more files to emulate physical disks and has the following features:
- Needs to act like a standard hard drive (i.e. it needs to be accessible via Explorer, etc.)
- Needs to be created and manged through my own software.
- Needs to intrinsically encrypt all of its data and/or allows me to add this ability in
- Commerical software is fine as long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg
Some examples I've come across which almost but not quite fill the bill are:
- FileDisk: http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/
- Single File System: http://www.aidaim.com/info/main.php
Logon SOftware (http://www.logon-int.com/Product.asp?ClassId=SYSSECUR&sProdClassCode=SWR-P-01) has a great product called Sentry 2020 that appears to do everything I need. Unfortunately, their product is an application, not a development library.
Anyway, any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated....
- Needs to act like a standard hard drive (i.e. it needs to be accessible via Explorer, etc.)
- Needs to be created and manged through my own software.
- Needs to intrinsically encrypt all of its data and/or allows me to add this ability in
- Commerical software is fine as long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg
Some examples I've come across which almost but not quite fill the bill are:
- FileDisk: http://www.acc.umu.se/~bosse/
- Single File System: http://www.aidaim.com/info/main.php
Logon SOftware (http://www.logon-int.com/Product.asp?ClassId=SYSSECUR&sProdClassCode=SWR-P-01) has a great product called Sentry 2020 that appears to do everything I need. Unfortunately, their product is an application, not a development library.
Anyway, any help in this regard would be greatly appreciated....
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I'm not sure of your requirements, but you might consider some of the following ideas:
1. map a network drive to a folder on an existing drive
2. use something like PC Magic (http://www.pc-magic.com) to provide security (Magic Folders or Encrypted Magic Folders)
3. use virtual directories if you have access to NTFS on the system
1. map a network drive to a folder on an existing drive
2. use something like PC Magic (http://www.pc-magic.com) to provide security (Magic Folders or Encrypted Magic Folders)
3. use virtual directories if you have access to NTFS on the system
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