How to Reassign External Hardisk drive letter?

Last update on November 3, 2009 10:43 AM by aakai1056
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How to Reassign External Hardisk drive letter?




Issue



I have an external hard drive which appears as "H" in my directory. When I unplug the external hard drive to my laptop, it appears under K in my directory. Is there a way I can configure my laptop so that is also appears directory being "H"? The reason being is that I have saved files which have been allocated to “H” directory, when accessing the files, the files can not been found and I have to re-direct the files again?

Solution


To Reassign the drive letter in the Disk Management settings.

Do this...while the drive is plugged into your laptop...
  • Right click on My Computer, click manage.
  • Click the Disk Management Icon on the left pane.
  • Right click on the drive (K), and select "Change drive letters and paths"
  • Click the change button, then Select your new letter (H)
  • Click ok then ok again. Close The Computer management window.
  • Open up my computer and there's your drive. The setting should stick after reboots and disconnects and such based off the hardware ID stored in the system.

Note


Thanks to tjmartineau for this tip on the forum.
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