Drive letter changing everytime, annoying!!

[amoretam]

Why on earth is Windows changing my external HDD letters everytime..

I use 2 external sata HDD via Esata connection ..

I need the letters to be consistent because my programs need a consistent path..

I tried removing the letters via disk management y assigned it again. but nothing helps. When I restart the computer it is messed up again.

Thanks a lot

 

[Brink]

Hello amoretam,

Check using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to delete the /DosDevices\(drive letter) entries for these drive letters and any others that you no longer use, and then reassigning the drive letters you wanted for these drives may have them stick afterwards.

I would recommend assigning them something like X and Y so they wouldn't be so easily used by anything else.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82994-drive-letter-add-change-remove-windows.html

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

 

[amoretam]

Hello amoretam,

Check using OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to delete the /DosDevices\(drive letter) entries for these drive letters and any others that you no longer use, and then reassigning the drive letters you wanted for these drives may have them stick afterwards.

I would recommend assigning them something like X and Y so they wouldn't be so easily used by anything else.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82994-drive-letter-add-change-remove-windows.html

Hope this helps for now,
Shawn

ok thanks, I went there, deleted registry entries, restarted... and then proceeded to reassign letters, restarted and nothing, still assigning incorrect letters, ... except for the DVD RW drive, that was assigned correctly...
anything else
thanks a lot

 

[Brink]

If you have not already, see if using OPTION TWO again to only switch the drive letters around again for these drives may help.

 

[amoretam]

i dont understand

 

[user31]

Your drives, by default will be anywhere from A-H, try selecting letters further down the alphabet. That way the letters will stay unchanged.

 

[amoretam]

Your drives, by default will be anywhere from A-H, try selecting letters further down the alphabet. That way the letters will stay unchanged.

that is what i did

 

[Brink]

i dont understand

Basically to try OPTION TWO to change the driver letters again to see if they may stick afterwards.

 

[amoretam]

i dont understand

Basically to try OPTION TWO to change the driver letters again to see if they may stick afterwards.

that is what I did please read my posts

 

[Brink]

I know. I was asking to repeat it to see if it may stick if done twice in a row.

 

[amoretam]

I know. I was asking to repeat it to see if it may stick if done twice in a row.

does not work

one of my drive use Macdrive, and the other one use one partition for macdrive

incase that can help
thanks

 

[Brink]

Macdrive could be the only thing I think of that's causing it to do that. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to workaround it.