Mount Drive to a Folder in Windows 10

How to Mount a Drive to a Folder in Windows 10

You can assign a mount point folder path to a drive to have the drive appear as a normal folder located where you want.

When you mount an internal or external drive to an empty folder, you will be able to access the contents of the drive from the path of the folder. The contents of the drive will still physically be located on the drive. Anything you save into this folder will actually be saved to the drive.

You can mount a drive with or without a drive letter to an empty folder.

This tutorial will show you how to assign a mount point folder path to a drive to link the folder and drive in Windows 10.

If you mount an external or removable drive to a folder and disconnect the drive, the folder will not open until the drive is connected again.

For a Windows 11 version of this tutorial, see:

Mount Drive as Folder in Windows 11

Contents

Option One: Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Disk Management
Option Two: Mount Unallocated Drive without Drive Letter to Folder in Disk Management
Option Three: Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Command Prompt
Option Four: Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Settings
Option Five: Unmount Drive from Folder by Permanently Deleting Folder
Option Six: Unmount Drive from Folder in Disk Management
Option Seven: Unmount Drive from Folder in Settings

OPTION ONE

Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Disk Management

1 Create a new empty folder located where you want with a name (ex: "Working Drive") you want. (see screenshot below)

The empty folder must be located on a NTFS or ReFS drive

2 Open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc).

3 Right click or press and hold on the drive (ex: "F") you want to mount to the folder from step 1, and click/tap on Change Drive Letter and Paths. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on Add. (see screenshot below)

5 Perform the following steps: (see screenshots below)

1) Select (dot) Mount in the following empty NTFS folder.

2) Click/tap on the Browse button.

3) Navigate to and select the empty folder (ex: "Working Drive") from step 1.

4) Click/tap on OK in the "Browse for Drive Path" dialog.

5) Click/tap on OK in the "Add Drive Letter or Path" dialog.

6 You can now close Disk Management if you like.

OPTION TWO

Mount Unallocated Drive without Drive Letter to Folder in Disk Management

1 Create a new empty folder located where you want with a name (ex: "Working Drive") you want. (see screenshot below)

The empty folder must be located on a NTFS or ReFS drive

2 Open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc).

3 Right click or press and hold on the unallocated (deleted) drive you want to mount to the folder from step 1, and click/tap on New Simple Volume. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

5 Click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

6 Perform the following steps: (see screenshots below)

1) Select (dot) Mount in the following empty NTFS folder.

2) Click/tap on the Browse button.

3) Navigate to and select the empty folder (ex: "Working Drive") from step 1.

4) Click/tap on OK in the "Browse for Drive Path" dialog.

5) Click/tap on Next in the "New Simple Volume Wizard" dialog.

7 Type a name (volume label) you want for the drive, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)

8 Click/tap on Finish. (see screenshot below)

9 You can now close Disk Management if you like. (see screenshot below)

OPTION THREE

Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Command Prompt

You must be signed in as an administrator to do this option.

1 Create a new empty folder located where you want with a name (ex: "Working Drive") you want. (see screenshot below)

The empty folder must be located on a NTFS or ReFS drive

2 Open an elevated command prompt.

3 Type diskpart into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot at bottom)

4 Type list volume into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. Make note of the volume number (ex: "4") of the drive (ex: "F") you want to mount to the folder from step 1.

5 Type the command below into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

select volume ###

Substitute ### in the command above with the actual volume number (ex: "4") of the drive (ex: "F") you want to mount to the folder from step 1.

For example: select volume 4
6 Type the command below into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

assign mount="Full path of folder"

Substitute Full path of folder in the command above with the actual full path (ex: "C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\Working Drive") of the folder from step 1.

For example: assign mount="C:\Users\Brink\Desktop\Working Drive"
7 You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.

OPTION FOUR

Mount Drive with Drive Letter to Folder in Settings

This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 20197.

1 Create a new empty folder located where you want with a name (ex: "Working Drive") you want. (see screenshot below)

The empty folder must be located on a NTFS or ReFS drive

2 Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

3 Click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Manage Disks and Volumes link on the right side. (see screenshot below)

4 Expand open the disk (ex: "Disk 2") that contains the drive you want to mount to the folder from step 1. (see screenshot below)

5 Click/tap on the drive (ex: "F") you want to mount to the folder from step 1, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)

6 Click/tap on the Add button under the Paths section. (see screenshot below)

7 Perform the following steps: (see screenshots below)

1) Click/tap on the Browse button.

2) Navigate to and select the empty folder (ex: "Working Drive") from step 1 in the "Select Folder" dialog.

3) Click/tap on Select Folder in the "Select Folder" dialog.

4) Click/tap on OK.

8 You can now close Settings if you like.

OPTION FIVE

Unmount Drive from Folder by Permanently Deleting Folder

This option will remove the mount point folder path from a drive without affecting the contents of the drive.

1 Permanently delete the folder you mounted the drive to.

OPTION SIX

Unmount Drive from Folder in Disk Management

This option will remove the mount point folder path from a drive without affecting the contents of the drive.

The folder will be empty after removing its mount folder path from the drive.

1 Open Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc).

2 Right click or press and hold on the drive (ex: "F") you want to remove a folder path from, and click/tap on Change Drive Letter and Paths. (see screenshot below)

3 Select the folder path you no longer want mounted to the drive, and click/tap on Remove. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)

5 You can now close Disk Management if you like.

OPTION SEVEN

Unmount Drive from Folder in Settings

This option is only available starting with Windows 10 build 20197.

1 Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2 Click/tap on Storage on the left side, and click/tap on the Manage Disks and Volumes link on the right side. (see screenshot below)

3 Expand open the disk (ex: "Disk 2") that contains the drive you want to unmount from a folder. (see screenshot below)

4 Click/tap on the drive (ex: "F") you want to unmount from a folder, and click/tap on Properties. (see screenshot below)

5 Under Paths, click/tap on the folder path you want to unmount the drive from, and click/tap Remove. (see screenshot below)

6 You can now close Settings if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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