VIRTUAL REMOVABLE MEMORY COMPONENT

A data storage device includes a port for receiving a removable memory component, e.g., a secure digital card. The data storage device has a first partition and a second partition. The first partition stores data received from the removable memory component. The second partition stores pointers associated with a subset of the data stored in the first partition. The subset of data is marked as data of interest for a user based on a first set of attributes. The second partition is a virtual removable memory component and is rendered on a display as a physical removable memory component with the subset of data from the first partition that is associated with the pointers in the second partition. The subset of data stored in the first partition is fetched utilizing the pointers in the second partition and subsequently transmitted to a system external to the data storage device.