This tells the emulator to look for virtual hard drives and configs in your Data folder, not the C: drive.

: Your game progress, account logins, and custom keyboard mappings travel with the drive, eliminating the need to reconfigure settings on a new machine.

The trade-off is a slight performance hit (especially on USB 2.0) versus the freedom of zero installation and total data mobility.

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