1. A method for representing configuration options available on a peripheral device coupled to a computer, the method comprising: determining the availability of the peripheral device; querying the peripheral device regarding available configuration options; selecting a subset of the available configuration options; representing the peripheral device as a virtual drive; creating a plurality of files associated with the virtual drive, wherein each of the plurality of files represents a distinct combination of the selected configuration options and the file name of each file indicates the selected configuration combination associated with the file; and displaying the file names and an iconic representation of the plurality of files in conjunction with the display of the virtual drive in a file manager on the computer, wherein the peripheral device is set up to reflect selected configuration options when the user copies a file in the plurality of files to the virtual drive by moving the icon corresponding to the file to the icon corresponding to the virtual drive.