[almost]

I don't understand how "You have to remember to put all your files in a special folder" (Dropbox) is much different than "You have to remember to put all your files on a special drive".

[grourk]

He was most likely referring to the ZumoDrive "folder linking" feature, where you can link an existing folder on your system with ZumoDrive, instead of moving it.

[almost]

Ok, that makes sense. It was just the way he wrote it looked like he was comparing having a special drive letter with having a special folder which didn't make any sense.

Being able to use arbitrary folders is indeed a very useful feature. I'm on Linux so I've just been using symlinks but on Windows I can see it's pretty vital to have it built into the software.

[tlb]

On systems that support symlinks like OSX and Linux they can be made to look equivalent, but under Windows the differences are noticeable.

[mbreese]

NTFS supports symlinks... it's just that Windows doesn't (or didn't, I don't know about now) include an easy interface for setting them.

[jurjenh]

I use NTFSLink (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ntfslinkext/) which makes it very easy. Right-click in a folder and select New... and then you can choose NTFS Hardlink or NTFS Junction point.

Great app and combined with DropBox, I can sync data folders without having to move them.

[cliff]

Hardlinks and junction points are -not- symbolic links, and have lots of esoteric restrictions and consequences of use.

NTFS does support symbolic links as of Vista.

[growingaseed]

With the new version of Zumodrive you can simply link any folder to Zumodrive.

I link my desktop to Zumodrive. So any time I create a new folder or add a file to my desktop, it is available to me on all my computers. Same with my iTunes music. I dont have to move anything any more.

Before the folder linking you had to move or copy studd into a special drive.