Hi, This has happened to me several times now, and though I've dealt with it in the past, it's a pain and I was wondering if there was a way to fix this... When I plug in my external hard drive, it (usually) comes up as (E. But every once in a while, it'll change to something further down the alphabet...now it is (H. I assume my computer must be getting it confused, thinking it's a whole new drive. The problem is when I go to listen to music or play games, since it screws up the 'path' and says (E does not exist... IS there a way to switch the 'letter' back to something else? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks for reading and your time
I once had a problem with a drive changing to H, in this case it was a floppy disk. I think it had something to do with a virtual CD program I had. If you have one, unless it's really necessary, remove it. If you don't, check that there isn't anything else that occupies the E letter. I think you can only reserve a partition letter with a partition manager program.
Alright, thanks. I don'thave a partition manager, but oh well. I thought there might be an simple way to change the drive letter through 'my computer' maybe or something. Thanks for the help anyway
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307844&sd=tech The link above will help you since it covers all three scenarios: How to assign a drive letter How to change a drive letter How to remove a drive letter I have a folder in Outlook titled "How To" which I keep handy for just such a situation.
