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Assigning a drive letter to external HDD

  • 25-07-2008 9:27am
    #1
    Stephen P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭


    A mate of mine bought a 500GB WD Elements HDD for his laptop. Any time he connects the drive to his laptop the system gives the HDD a different drive letter. Is there any way he can permanently assign a letter to the drive?

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    Bald? er, dash!
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Bald? er, dash!


    Right Click on My Computer, then click on Manage, click on Disk Management under the Storage option in the Computer Management window. Find the External HDD on the list of drives, right click and choose Change Drive Letter & Paths, then pick the drive letter of your choosing

    Edit:
    Whatever you do though don't f**k about with the drive letter for your operating system/program files etc.


  • #3
    Stephen P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Stephen P


    Will the drive remember that every time its connected?


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,961 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    stephen p wrote: »
    Will the drive remember that every time its connected?

    the device should be given a unique serial ID thats embedded in the device itself somehow - so yes.


  • #5
    Stephen P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Stephen P


    Thanks lads for the replies!! :)


  • #6
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    did it work??


    thats will be handy for running synctoy to a removable drive,as they change letter sometimes, I assumed it was not possibal to manually assign a drive letter


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  • #7
    Stephen P
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Stephen P


    It seemed to have worked for him. Thanks again to those who helped!


  • #8
    Jonathan
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 8,210 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jonathan


    Bald? er, dash! wrote: »
    Whatever you do though don't f**k about with the drive letter for your operating system/program files etc.
    Doesnt matter. Windows wont let you change it without regediting.


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