How to prevent Hard Drive re-allocating Names ?


  1. thenoo
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    How to prevent Hard Drive re-allocating Names ?


    I serached for this but only got a result explaining how to change H_D Names. I know how to do this but my problem is how to prevent existing drive names being re-allocated , usually when I had , say , a USB drive .
    Is this achieved by allocating these external drives letters towards the end of the alphabet , such as "z", "Y" .. etc ?
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  3. lehnerus2000
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    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
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    You can allocate drive letters to USB drives by using "Disk Management".

    One of my USB HDDs is set to "T:".
    It always shows up as "T:" whenever I plug it into my PC (drive letter "S:" is available, but not chosen)

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    I'm not sure what will happen, if you allocate the same letter to multiple drives and then start plugging them in (simultaneously).
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