Install Visual Studio 2012 (and SQL Server 2012) on SD card

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I have a tablet/netbook (Acer W511) which I use for work when I'm not at home. It's great computer overall, but it have only 32GB on a hard drive so I get a 64GB SD card to increase allowed space.
But I've found that Visual Studio 2012 couldn't be installed on SD card as well as SQL Server 2012.

Is there some workaround?

Best Answer

If you use NTFS you can not just mount a volume with a drive letter; you can also mount it in a directory. (Similar to the way unices mount their filesystem).

To do this go to [start] [run] and type diskmgmt.msc.
Select the disk you want to modify and right click on it.
Choose "Change drive letters or paths..."

Win7 disk management.msc

If you have a previously assigned drive letter then use the [remove] button to get rid of it. Then use [add] and select "mount in the following NTFS folder"

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