kde and local files

[Gabriel Dragffy]

why does KDE treat the files on my USB hard drive as if they aren't local?

Forexample I want to import bookmarks from a file on the drive in Konqueror 
but I must first copy it to my /home.

In K3B I want to burn a huge DVD image that is stored on the USB drive but it 
won't let me because it says it isn't local. 

The problem with a small bookmark file is annoying, but with a massive DVD 
archive I cannot fit it on to my /home, and it's inconvenient having to copy 
it and then burn it.

Regards,
Gabe