Why can't i get a drive "J"

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If you look at the screen shot you can see the letters of the drives i have, however for the life of me i can't get my new WD3TB drive to come up as drive J, anyone know why and more to the point how to fix it.

I have gone into disk managment (spelling) but when i try to change the letter J is not there, now i know in xp we used to have tweakUI which might have solved this but even having a nose in godmode has not allowed me to sort this issue out.. Discuss.


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In your screen print J is used for your DVD RW drive.
 

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Your screen shot shows that your DVD is using "J".
Change the DVD to another letter and then try using J for your HD.
 

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Jesus how did i miss this one, that must have changed somehow as i normally have DVD-RW as drive W, sorry for such a stupid questions guys.

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Windows 7 64bit Ultimate (Retail)Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 @ 3Ghz8GB DDR3 @ 1333ATI 1GB 4350 (Passive)
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Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 @ 3Ghz
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Asus P5E3 Premium
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8GB DDR3 @ 1333
Graphics Card(s)
ATI 1GB 4350 (Passive)
Sound Card
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
Monitor(s) Displays
BenQ G2420HDBL (Digital) [24" LCD]
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Floppy Drive (Still come in handy sometimes)
WDC WD6400AAKS-22A7B0 (596 GB)
WDC WD7501AALS-00J7B0 (698 GB)
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 (931 GB)
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 (931 GB)
WDC WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0 (931 GB)
SAMSUNG HD204UI (2000 GB)
SAMSUNG HD204UI (
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Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular
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Antec SX-1030
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Can't remember
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Airkey Wireless
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MS Intellimouse Explorer 2.0
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It's very easy to do. Sometimes, you can look and stare at something and not see what you're looking for and it takes someone else to point the obvious out to you. By the way, I have my BD drive labelled as O (for Optical).
 

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