This step by step tutorial will help change your removeable USB drive into a hard drive or local drive. This means if software out there is required to run from a hard drive, it can now be ran from a flash drive. Way better.
4. EXAMPLE
Works best with windows XP operating systems
You also need to update the drivers
for the device for any computer you
are going to use
5. COUPLE OF ITEMS YOU’LL NEED
USB_LocalDisk.zip files
[download here]
Windows XP
USB stick
6. HERE ARE THE DETAILS
From a running Windows XP system,
Insert your USB flash drive
Download USB_LocalDisk.zip and
extract. A USB_localDisk folder is
created.
From the USB_LocalDisk folder, right
click cfadisk.inf and open the file with
Notepad or text editor.
If Win7 or Win10
7. Navigate to line 26 of the cfadisk.inf file.
We are going to be editing the section
labeled “device_instance_id_goes_here“
From your Windows Desktop,
click Start > Run and
type devmgmt.msc and click OK
Under Disk drives, locate your USB stick
and right click, select Properties.
8. Click the Details tab and select the item
listed. Use the Ctrl C function to copy
this driver for your USB stick
9. Next, go back to your open
file cfadisk.inf and lets insert the drive
code you just copied and update the
file. Find the text which says:
“device_instance_id_goes_here” should be around line
26. Paste the drive code you have by Ctrl V.
Now click Save. But now we need to
update the driver itself.
Click Start > Run >
type devmgmt.msc and locate your USB
stick again. Right click the device and
select “Update Driver”
11. Install from a list or specific location > Next
Don’t Search. I will choose the driver to install > Next
Have Disk…
Navigate to the location of the “cfadisk.inf” file
> click Open
Next in the Windows wizard and that’s
it! You may need to reconnect your device
to the OS
12. TWO ADDITIONAL TIPS
Save the “cfadisk.inf” on your USB
stick so you may use it at different
locations when updating your
home or work computer.
To partition your USB stick using
the Windows utilities you can find
that function by