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Hey,
Can some one give me instructions to how I can make my SD CARD Reader to tweak windows to think that it is a Parmanent Drive. Can some one give me instructions to the point. Guys, please dont post "search the forum for hitachi drivers" or "See the windows xp install on SD" I already did that. Didnot find any tutorial just to convert the SD to parmanenet. Can some one please help me. I just want it to behave as a parmanet drive. I have installed windows on the main drive.
Thank You,
Mehboob
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Download the Hitachi driver from here and unzip it somewhere handy:
http://www.xpefiles.com/viewtopic.php?t=92
Goto Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and click Enter
Browse to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBSTOR
Locate the name of your SD Card/Drive, Example:
Disk&Ven_USB2.0&Prod_CardReader_SD0&Rev_0100
Double Click on that key, then Double Click on the Sub Key
You will see a REG_MULTI_SZ value in the list called HardwareID
Double Click on that and Copy the very first line (ignore the other lines in the box)
The line may look like this:
USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_USB2.0&Prod_CardReader_SD0&Rev_0100
Close RegEdit and go back to that unzipped Hitachi Driver Folder
Open the file called cfadisk.inf
This is the section you need to change:
[cfadisk_device]
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-11000__________________________SC2IC801
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-11000__________________________SC2IC815
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-11000__________________________SC2IC915
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-10512__________________________SC1IC801
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-10512__________________________SC1IC815
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-10512__________________________SC1IC915
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DMDM-10340__________________________MD2IC501
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DMDM-10340__________________________MD2IC601
; debug on VMWare/special drive
; %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskVMware_Virtual_IDE_Hard_Drive___________00000001
; %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIC25N040ATCS04-0________________________CA4OA71A
Delete every line after this: (you are just leaving the section and a single line to reuse)
[cfadisk_device]
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-11000__________________________SC2IC801
Replace this with the text you copied from the Registry: (paste)
IDE\DiskIBM-DSCM-11000__________________________SC2IC801
Save the file and Exit.
Goto Start, Run, type Devmgmt.msc and click Enter
Double click on Disk Drives, Double Click on USB2.0 Card Reader
Click the Driver Tab, Click Update Driver
Select Install From A list or Specific Location, Click Next
Select Dont Search, I will choose the driver to install
Click Next, Click Have Disk, Browse to the Unzipped Hitachi Folder
Select the cfadisk.inf file by Double Clicking, and click Okay
You will see Hitachi come up as the Hardware Model
Click Next and finish once it has completed the Update
Click Okay to any Unsigned hardware messages that appear
Exit out of Device Manager and Restart the PC
Your SD Card will now be located in the Hard Disk Drives Section of My Computer
You can optionally go back to the Device Manager and Select the disk properties again
Click on the Policies tab and check the box that says Optimize for Performance
Click Okay and Exit Device Manager.
With the Optimize for Performance selection you will however now have to manually stop the device (Double click the green System Tray Icon) before you unplug it, otherwise there could be a loss in data if it is still working (writing/saving) in the background.
Thats it. ![]()
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Alternatively if you are not going to remove it, mount the SD card as a folder on your C drive - makes your C drive look bigger.
I'm going down this route once my eee has finished installing XP which it's doing just now and then I'll try this as described here
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=93324#p93324
Might help with what you are after too.
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Yeah I will try it out as well. Thank You to your replies guys. I am sure many other people will get help from this thread.
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Hey Guys,
I did everything as adviced. But once I load the driver my sd card doesnot show in under My computer.. Can anyone tell me why its not working?
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@mehboob
probably you did the same I did: you erased all the content of the cfdisk.ini after [cfadisk_device] and preserve only the first line.
You should delete only the lines in the section [cfadisk_device] and preserve the first line (and modify it later). The rest sections below [cfadisk_device] mustn't be modified.
hope it helps somebody.
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