External Hard Drive letters


  1. stephenbowen
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    External Hard Drive letters


    I have 4 external hard drives attached to my Windows 7 system. I need the drive letters to stay constant because of the program access to them. Is there any way to lock that drive letter down, so that no matter which drive I turn on, the letter is constant,
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  3. Ztruker
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    Some possibilities here: It was written for XP but may work with Windows 7. Assign a drive letter to USB external hard drive
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  4. whs
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    If you assign the high letters (with Disk management) like X,Y,Z, they will most likely not change.
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  6. Casca
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    Ztruker said:
    Some possibilities here: It was written for XP but may work with Windows 7. Assign a drive letter to USB external hard drive
    Awesome trick, linked in the article.

    Beginners Guides: USB Memory Drive Projects - PCSTATS.com
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