Why must I assign a drive letter every time I use my external HDD?


  1. bbinnard
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    Why must I assign a drive letter every time I use my external HDD?


    I have a USB3 external drive that I use for backups. It works A-OK. But every time I plug it in I have to use Disk Management to assign it a drive letter. Is there some driver or option in WIn7-64 I need to find/tweak?
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  3. Indianatone
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    How to assign specified drive letters to your USB hard drives using Windows 7 - YouTube

    How to assign a drive letter permanently.
    The system needs to keep track of the drives installed so they are allocated letters. Hope this helps.
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  4. jumanji
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    Hi bbinnard,

    Check whether this resolves your problem

    open command prompt
    type in diskpart
    automount enable
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  6. bbinnard
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    Jumanji:

    Most excellent - that did it. Thanks.
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  7. jumanji
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    Glad it helped. :)
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