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Assign a drive letter

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  • 01-08-2013 3:45pm
    #1
    practice
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭


    Got a New computer and when I connect old external drive with all movies it is given drive "E".

    I use a movie data base and old computer gave the drive "F".

    Now each time I connect I have to go to computer management and change the drive letter.
    Is there any way iI can get new computer to always give me "F"

    I know I could connect something to "E" first but I dont want to do that.


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    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    practice wrote: »
    Now each time I connect I have to go to computer management and change the drive letter.
    Is there any way iI can get new computer to always give me "F"

    That's strange... if you're going through the computer management / disk management control panel app, it "should" be persistent...

    HowToGeek Link


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    practice
    Registered Users Posts: 304 ✭✭practice


    Thank you for link.
    Have read it and this may be the problem.

    "NOTE: It is best to select a letter between M and Z (inclusive). If you pick a letter like E, F, or G, the drive letter may still change frequently because these letters may be used for other drives, like CDROM drives, that are not always connected."

    Looks like I may have to change the path in the Database.
    only 1400 films to do.

    Got it sorted.
    I just assigned "E" to one of the DVD roms, So now I have
    A drive
    C and D harddrives

    E and G DVD Roms
    So when I plug in I get "F" all the time


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