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| 28 Sep 2012 | #1 |
| | weird drive letter problem? hello guys, so i had this random problems where my external hard drive has changed to the letter (F: ) which is inconvenient as many of the music production programs I use require the drive letter (G: ) and this letter is now showing as a 'portable device' i will provide screenshots below, I have tried Disk management and also Uninstalling the driver for whatever is taking up (G: ) at this moment in time, can anyone help me please? thank-you in advance. [img]http://s12.**************/j0ekgreeh/drive_g_not_here.jpg[/img] [img]http://s12.**************/j1oia6g89/drives.jpg[/img] [img]http://s12.**************/8g4my69wp/what_its_showing.jpg[/img] ===edit=== click pictures for full view. |
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| 28 Sep 2012 | #2 |
| | You leave the Hitachi drive connected all the time? I think the current "G" is the HP-Tools partition which is hidden. Unplug the Hitachi, reboot & see what happens when you plug it in after the boot is completed. You can verify this with Easeus Partition Master. You can "fix" USB drive letter assignments with this: USB Drive Letter Manager - USBDLM |
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| 28 Sep 2012 | #3 |
| | i do leave the hitatchi connected all the time yes, it has all my samples and programs i will try your solution now and get back to you, one moment  . |
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| 28 Sep 2012 | #4 |
| | no it doesnt work still letter F :c |
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| 29 Sep 2012 | #5 |
| | In Disk Management give the external drive a Volume Label...it can be anything you want. Then assign it the drive letter you want and re-boot. It will now retain that letter ...so long as you picked one thats not in use. |
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| 29 Sep 2012 | #6 |
| | I've reserved the drive letter s-z on all my systems for years now for partitions and devices that refuse to accept the drive assignments I have given them. To get the G letter off that drive just extend it to a letter you'll likely never use for anything else. |
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| 29 Sep 2012 | #7 |
| | It's years that I have an external USB HDD that has a volume label and is letter Z (just to make sure it does not pick a new letter and screw up links). And to deal with partitions and drive letters and things I always used EaseUs partition master (which is free). |
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| 03 Oct 2012 | #8 |
| | thankyou all! i changed it to drive letter Z and just reinstalled some programs |
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