Windows 7: How do I assign drive letter in Partition Wizard

SusanHC · 02 Feb 2010

I want to do file check but its telling me to give each partition a drive letter

When I either right click partition or click partition at top "change letter" is not higlighted.

If I use Label it says it will wipe out anything on that partition which I obviously dont want

can anyone help please?

RST101 · 02 Feb 2010

Hello, you can go to computer management and do it from there.

Click start, type computer management form there click disk management then right click drive you want to change and choose your options.

Hope this helps.

SusanHC · 02 Feb 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by RST101

Hello, you can go to computer management and do it from there.

Click start, type computer management form there click disk management then right click drive you want to change and choose your options.

Hope this helps.

thanks for reply

sorry i have misled you

i am using Partition Wizard

Thanks anyway

RST101 · 02 Feb 2010

You could always try that approach if P wizard is not helping.

SusanHC · 02 Feb 2010

i have no operating system at mo so am booting from Partition Wizard CD

RST101 · 02 Feb 2010

Ah ok sorry, my bad.

I can't help there as I've never done that. Someone round here will have the answers I'm sure.

jimbo45 · 02 Feb 2010

Hi there
If you have no OS then until you format the Drive with NTFS or FAT32 into Windows you can't assign it a letter.

After formatting you can LABEL the partition but when you install the OS it's best to let the OS assign "C" to the install partition.

Once you've booted up you can re-assign letters to the other partitions.

Just create a (preferably) NTFS partition and install your OS.

Cheers
jimbo

theog · 02 Feb 2010

1) Boot DVD. (Vista or Win 7)

2) Press Shift+F10 (for command prompt)

Type in command line
DISKPART
LIST DISK
SELECT DISK 0 (win 7 HD)
CLEAN ALL
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY
SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE
FORMAT=NTFS
ASSIGN
EXIT
EXIT

SusanHC · 02 Feb 2010

Sorry I am confusing everyone! I am using a program callled Partition Wizard Bootable CD. Can anyone who is familiar with this program give me some advice please? Thanks

derekimo · 02 Feb 2010

See if this will help you out,

Partition Wizard Bootable CD allows user to boot computer directly to manage partition.

Windows 7: How do I assign drive letter in Partition Wizard

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