Drive Letters changed after Windows 7 Pro install.


  1. launchpad
    Posts : 7
    Windows 7 Professional - 64bit
       New #1

    Drive Letters changed after Windows 7 Pro install.


    Hi, First time poster but have been lurking for quite awhile. Decided to install Windows 7 Pro today but when the install completed, I noticed my drive letters were out of order.

    Previously, my partition drives when running Vista Home Premium were

    C: System
    D: Recovery
    E: Apps
    F: Data

    Now its automatically changed to

    C: System
    D: Apps
    E: Data
    F: Recovery

    My HP Recovery partition jumped down the list and changed from D to F and shifted the letters of the other drives as well. I have no idea why it changed on its own as I only installed Windows 7 in drive C. The Recovery drive is the 2nd fullest driver on my HD behind C Drive.

    Is this normal? Is there a fix for such a thing? Thanks in Advance.
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  3. Ztruker
    Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       New #2

    Open Disk Management by clicking on the Start orb and typing disk management, then press Enter.

    Right click on the F: drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths..
    Make F:, G:, to make room so you can re-arrange the other two.
    Make E: F:
    Make D: E:
    Make G: D:

    You should not have

    C: System
    D: Recovery
    E: Apps
    F: Data
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