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Windows 7 - External Sata drive will not keep assigned drive letter |
07-16-2011
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External Sata drive will not keep assigned drive letter
I am running Windows 7 Pro. Have a external dual dock connected to a estata port. One of the drives assigned letter K often comes up as E and I have to change as application is looking for K. Another disk in this dock works fine. No problems.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or anyway to prevent?
Seems like when I go to disk management and assign K it should stay that way.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number System Built by me
OS Winows 7 Pro, 64 bit
CPU Intel i7 920
Motherboard ASUS P6T
Memory 12 GB
Graphics Card Nividia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Mother board
Monitor(s) Displays HP vf 17
Hard Drives 1- 300 GB Western Digital raptor 10,000 rpm
2- 640 GB WD
1- 500 GB WD
Internet Speed 12 MB Cable
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07-16-2011
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#2 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by Terrym  I am running Windows 7 Pro. Have a external dual dock connected to a estata port. One of the drives assigned letter K often comes up as E and I have to change as application is looking for K. Another disk in this dock works fine. No problems.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or anyway to prevent?
Seems like when I go to disk management and assign K it should stay that way. Try assigning a drive letter a "distance" away from your existing drive letters.
For example, change the dock drive letter to Z and see how you get on with that. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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07-16-2011
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Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8 |
That's good advice from seavixen. Windows has a letter assigned to each port. Sometimes, whatever drive letter you assign-Windows will use the drive letter of that port instead. I have an eSATA dock and run 4 drives in that dock. I assigned them letters W,X,Y,Z. I have had no issues. Whichever drive I put in the dock is recognized as the correct drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew - Always under construction
OS Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
CPU intel i7-2600K
Motherboard Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/GEN 3
Memory 8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2133 (2X4GB)
Graphics Card EVGA 670 2GB
Sound Card Asus Xonar
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD VW246H
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Logitech G500/Logitech Wireless
PSU CORSAIR HX850W
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Corsair H100 w/ 4 noctua fans in push/pull.
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB,Crucial M4 64GB,Samsung HD103SJ 1TB, 1TB WD FAEX,Samsung 1.5TB, EXTERNAL HD- 2X Rosewill case esata w/ 1TB Samsung spinpoints & Black X esata 1TB Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Spinpoint, Seagate GOFlex Pro 500GB & 750GB USB
Internet Speed Foot Messenger speed
Other Info 2nd Computer- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" Laptop i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64.
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07-17-2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by seavixen32
Quote: Originally Posted by Terrym I am running Windows 7 Pro. Have a external dual dock connected to a estata port. One of the drives assigned letter K often comes up as E and I have to change as application is looking for K. Another disk in this dock works fine. No problems.
Does anyone know why this might be happening or anyway to prevent?
Seems like when I go to disk management and assign K it should stay that way. Try assigning a drive letter a "distance" away from your existing drive letters.
For example, change the dock drive letter to Z and see how you get on with that. Sounds good. I will try that and let you know the results. Thanks. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number System Built by me
OS Winows 7 Pro, 64 bit
CPU Intel i7 920
Motherboard ASUS P6T
Memory 12 GB
Graphics Card Nividia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Mother board
Monitor(s) Displays HP vf 17
Hard Drives 1- 300 GB Western Digital raptor 10,000 rpm
2- 640 GB WD
1- 500 GB WD
Internet Speed 12 MB Cable
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07-17-2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit |
You're very welcome. I hope it does the trick for you. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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07-18-2011
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So far so good
Changed them to y and z and do far it seems to be working. Thanks. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number System Built by me
OS Winows 7 Pro, 64 bit
CPU Intel i7 920
Motherboard ASUS P6T
Memory 12 GB
Graphics Card Nividia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Mother board
Monitor(s) Displays HP vf 17
Hard Drives 1- 300 GB Western Digital raptor 10,000 rpm
2- 640 GB WD
1- 500 GB WD
Internet Speed 12 MB Cable
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07-18-2011
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#7 | |
Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8 |
You are welcome. I hope it continues to work well. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Brew - Always under construction
OS Windows 7 X64 Professional/Windows 8
CPU intel i7-2600K
Motherboard Asus P8Z68 V-Pro/GEN 3
Memory 8GB G.Skill Sniper DDR3-2133 (2X4GB)
Graphics Card EVGA 670 2GB
Sound Card Asus Xonar
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD VW246H
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
Keyboard Logitech G510
Mouse Logitech G500/Logitech Wireless
PSU CORSAIR HX850W
Case Cooler Master HAF X
Cooling Corsair H100 w/ 4 noctua fans in push/pull.
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB,Crucial M4 64GB,Samsung HD103SJ 1TB, 1TB WD FAEX,Samsung 1.5TB, EXTERNAL HD- 2X Rosewill case esata w/ 1TB Samsung spinpoints & Black X esata 1TB Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Spinpoint, Seagate GOFlex Pro 500GB & 750GB USB
Internet Speed Foot Messenger speed
Other Info 2nd Computer- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" Laptop i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64.
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