My Internal drive letter changed?


  1. eiranix
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    My Internal drive letter changed?


    I have a laptop with 2 HDDs. When installed it made the first C and the second D and my BD-Rom E which I was fine with. Today I found that my D drive has somehow reassigned itself to F. Can anyone tell me why this would happen and how I should fix it? I know I can simply change the letter back again will that stop it from happening again?
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  3. maxie
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    Hi there .. Read the Link below .. Try Option 2 ...


    Drive Letter - Add, Change, or Remove in Windows
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  4. eiranix
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    Ok great, I'll do it that way. Any idea why it randomly decided to change in the first place?
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  6. Lady Fitzgerald
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    Who knows? It happened to me once. Computers is the cwaziest people.
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  7. maxie
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    Seems to happen with External Devices quite a bit .. If you have not made any recent changes as the Lady says who knows ..
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  8. Lady Fitzgerald
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    maxie said:
    Seems to happen with External Devices quite a bit .. If you have not made any recent changes as the Lady says who knows ..
    It has been known to happen to internal drives, as in this case.
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  10. eiranix
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    alright then, fair enough! Thanks for the replies.
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