Hard drives mysteriously renamed!


  1. bigbobbysd
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    Hard drives mysteriously renamed!


    I'm running 2 external hard drives and a Codemeter Ignition Key. All were somehow assigned their own identification letter (example: Local Disk E:, F: and so forth upon install. I had gotten used to the drives by those letters. Yesterday they all changed for some unknown reason. I tried "start - "computer" and right clicked on each drive and clicked on "rename." I was allowed to rename a drive with its original letter, but when I exited the original was there with the freshly changed previous one beside it. Eg; "Local Disk E: F:." I even tried system restore but the problem remains.
    Would anyone have some suggestions as to why this has occurred and how I can correct it?
    Thanks and peace!
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Bobby,

    You can use either option in the tutorial below to allow you to change the drive letters back.

    https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ndows-7-a.html

    Hope this helps,
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  4. Petey7
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    I can't say what caused it, but the info at the following site will tell you have to fix it.
    Change, add, or remove a drive letter
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  6. bigbobbysd
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    That did it! I thank the two of you very much.
    Peace!
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  7. Brink
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    You're most welcome Bobby. :)
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  8. MacGyvr
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    bigbobbysd said:
    I'm running 2 external hard drives and a Codemeter Ignition Key. All were somehow assigned their own identification letter (example: Local Disk E:, F: and so forth upon install. I had gotten used to the drives by those letters. Yesterday they all changed for some unknown reason. I tried "start - "computer" and right clicked on each drive and clicked on "rename." I was allowed to rename a drive with its original letter, but when I exited the original was there with the freshly changed previous one beside it. Eg; "Local Disk E: F:." I even tried system restore but the problem remains.
    Would anyone have some suggestions as to why this has occurred and how I can correct it?
    Thanks and peace!
    Ummm, you don't "rename" a drive to change its letter. You change drive letters in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management, Disk Management. The "name" of a drive is just a name...like "Storage" or "Backup" or "ScoobyDoo".
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