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# Mount S3 Bucket on Windows

### Prerequisite

* Create the bucket : [Creating and deleting buckets](/readme/s3-resources/managing-buckets/creating-and-deleting-buckets.md)

### Installation Rclone

* Download the Rclone from the official website (<https://downloads.rclone.org/rclone-current-windows-amd64.zip>).
* Extract the downloaded zip file. (Ex. C:\Program Files\rclone\\)
* open Command Prompt (CMD) and change the directory to ( C:\Program Files\rclone\rclone-v1.74.3-windows-amd64 ) then type command rclone

### Configure Rclone with S3

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* select n for a new remote configuration.
* enter name for remote config
* select 4 for “Amazon S3 Compliant Storage Provider

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* select 1 for the S3 provider.

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* select 2 to use AWS credentials from the Instance Profile we defined earlier.

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* Use the access\_key\_id and secret\_access\_key of your Sub-User

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* select 1 (us-east-1) AWS region in which the S3 bucket has been created.

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* Specify a name for the connection: s3.readyidc.com

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* leave enter all

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* verify you configure and press q for exit

### Mount the S3 Bucket as a Windows Drive

* download and install [winfsp-1.7.20172.msi](https://github.com/billziss-gh/winfsp/releases/download/v1.7/winfsp-1.7.20172.msi).

Mount the S3 Bucket as a Windows Drive by command:

```
 rclone mount <configuration_name>:<bucket_name>  X:  --vfs-cache-mode full --links 
```

### Verify Mount

Open File Explorer, We can now see a new disk mounted on your computer

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