External HD changes drive letters


  1. Newb4Life
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    External HD changes drive letters


    Each time my computer 'sleeps' my external's driver letter changes.

    How would I go about preventing this?
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  3. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Hi Newb4Life,

    Check out this thread and let me know if it helps at all: [Solved] Any way to lock a hard disk's drive letter? - Hard-Disks - Storage

    Cheers,

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  4. not so gray matter
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    I guess we need a new tutorial.

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  6. WalkerA WinTeam
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    Way to be on top of it, notsograymatter! Thanks for the tute :)

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  7. Newb4Life
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    H != F


    Still changes, and when it does F is not an option until after a reboot. I have it set on performance instead of 'quick remove'. I'm thinking that is the problem here but I am hoping that I can still prevent the letter change somehow.
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