hello guys, so i had this random problems where my external hard drive has changed to the letter (F: ) which is inconvenient as many of the music production programs I use require the drive letter (G: ) and this letter is now showing as a 'portable device' i will provide screenshots below, I have tried Disk management and also Uninstalling the driver for whatever is taking up (G: ) at this moment in time, can anyone help me please?
thank-you in advance.
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My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Desktop - Zoostorm, Laptop - HP
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64 (on laptop)
CPU
AMD - A6-3670 Accelerated Processing unit W/Radeon HD6530D
Motherboard
MSI
Memory
8.00GB
Graphics Card(s)
AMD Radeon HD 6530D (APU)
Sound Card
Realtek HD
Monitor(s) Displays
single/one
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Hard Drives
1x2tb internal
1x1tb external
PSU
300W
Case
Zoostorm
Cooling
1 rear fan (12cm) 1 GPU cooler fan(8CM) 2 side fans (12cm)
Keyboard
Saitek C.Y.B.O.R.G V5
Mouse
Saitek R.A.T V3
Internet Speed
Download - 17-20 mbps. Upload - 07-1.3 mbps
Antivirus
Eset Smart Security 7.0.302.26
Browser
Google chrome, IE11, Firefox
Other Info
The laptop is a HP Pavillion G6 (AMD A10 APU @ 2.3 (turbo to 3.2) ghz)
You leave the Hitachi drive connected all the time?
I think the current "G" is the HP-Tools partition which is hidden. Unplug the Hitachi, reboot & see what happens when you plug it in after the boot is completed. You can verify this with Easeus Partition Master.
You can "fix" USB drive letter assignments with this: USB Drive Letter Manager - USBDLM
In Disk Management give the external drive a Volume Label...it can be anything you want.
Then assign it the drive letter you want and re-boot.
It will now retain that letter ...so long as you picked one thats not in use.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self-Built
OS
Vista Ultimate X64/ Windows 7 Dual-boot
CPU
Q6600
Motherboard
ASUS P5K
Memory
4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card
Hard Drives
500G Seagate SATA
200G Seagate SATA
100G WD Caviar SATA
80G WD Caviar IDE
I've reserved the drive letter s-z on all my systems for years now for partitions and devices that refuse to accept the drive assignments I have given them.
To get the G letter off that drive just extend it to a letter you'll likely never use for anything else.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Insane hobo technologies. ;-)
OS
Windows 7 x64
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
Asrock z68 extreme 4 gen 3
Memory
G.skill Ripjaw 16gigs @ 1866
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia gtx580 (evga)
Sound Card
Integrated HD audio + hdmi
Monitor(s) Displays
24" ASUS widescreen + 42" insignia
Screen Resolution
1080p (1920x1080)
Hard Drives
128 Samsung 830
256 Samsung 840
3 x 1tb storage drive (various)
1 western digital 1tb (eSATA)
1 Seagate 1tb (eSATA)
It's years that I have an external USB HDD that has a volume label and is letter Z (just to make sure it does not pick a new letter and screw up links).
And to deal with partitions and drive letters and things I always used EaseUs partition master (which is free).
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
Motherboard
ASUS M4A78
Memory
5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
(1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
PSU
whatever, around 450w
Case
Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling
CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Keyboard
Microsoft, PS/2, white.
Mouse
Optical, logitec.
Internet Speed
effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus
Avira, free edition.
Browser
Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P
Other Info
Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
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