Assign a letter to drive/path to an external hard drive.

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• How can I change the letter (h) to (g) on my external hard disk drive.

  I have an external hard drive that has recently changed, but I D letter (g) to (h) that contains all my files.  . When I opened the position of H/D get a dialog box:- "location is not available." Done G:\zipfix.vista\Desktop refers to a location that is unavailable.  etc etc" how can I solve this problem?

  Use disk management.  I believe that under Vista get you there in something like:

  Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > administrative tools > computer management > storage > disk management

• Two XP computers cannot access shared external hard drive connected to win 7 computer

  I have a Lacie 1 t hard shore connected via USB for win 7 computer. It is shared to "everyone" correctly on the network... with the same settings/properties as internal drives. the other 2 computers XP can see the drive letter and the name of the external hard drive, but cannot access the drive. When I try to save the files on this disc of compuers XP, I get an access denied message. I have caontacted LaCie and they say it is a matter of win 7.

  Hi Faye,

  Thanks for posting in Microsoft Community!

  It seems that you have a problem with access to a shared external drive of Windows XP computers and "Access denied" error message.

  I imagine the inconvenience that you are experiencing. We are here to help and guide you in the right direction.

  Method 1:
  I suggest you to make sure whether or not the disk is shared properties.

  (a) right click on the drive that you want to access.

  (b) click on the sharing tab.

  (c) click on share tab.

  (d) select user name or residential group you want to share with and click on the Add button.

  e level) right click on the user name or the Group residential and fixed the permissions you want.

  Method 2:
  If the problem persists I suggest you apply the full control permission on the disk that you want to share and check if it helps.

  What to know before applying permissions to a file or folder

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-to-know-before-applying-permissions-to-a-file-or-folder

  For more information, please see the link.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/share-files-with-someone

  Get back to us and let us know the State of the question, I'll be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

• NEW EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN WINDOWS 8, BUT IS PRESENT IN DEVICE MANAGER AND IN DISK MANAGEMENT (NOT ME LEAVES NO ASSIGN A NEW DRIVE LETTER PATH)

  I buy a new drive external hard 2T hard drive (plug-n-play) for my new Windows System. When I launch the device I have here a beep let me know the unit is plugged on my USB (3.0 or 2.0 as it is backward compatible) but when I go to my computer, the device does not appear, and as such I can't use it. When I go to the devices it is recognized and works apparently correctly. After some browsing on the net, I was told that I have to assign a drive letter. Thus entering disk management, the unit is, properly partitioned. However, when I right click on the appropriate partition gout the menu to change the disk path appears but is grayed out, and as such I can't use to assign a path drive letter. I checked to see if I run as administrator which I believe that I am by default when I first activated Windows. Is there anyone who has experienced this same problem or know a fix?

  Thank you very much

  Ron

  Hi, I solved the problem with help. Because Device Manager wouldn't let me not use the format option I deleted the main partition by right click on the partition and then the wizard formatted the partition to NTFS, as I store a few large recording Daw. During the process of the wizard automatically assigned a letter from path of reader (e) but you can choose other. The drive was originally formatted FAT 32. The main problem I had was in the drop-down list that appears when I just clicked on the primary partition was options of Format and assign new drive letter have been greyed out... the only option left to delete the partition and reformat the drive. It's a new external so I didn't not lose all content.

• assign the external hard disk drive letter?

  How to assign the drive letters of external hard drives?

  Done Windows that after connecting the HD, turn it on.

  There must be a valid and formatted file partition before he gets a drive letter.

  Disk storage/tools/Control Panel/Administrative management control

  -steve

• Cannot assign letter from external hard drive

  Hello
  I have an external hard drive and I am unable to assign a drive letter. I went through the MMC console for disk mgmt, but the only options I get are delete volume or help. Disk Management shows the drive is primary and in good health. (OS: Vista SP1)

  Please help, as I have important documents on this drive.

  Thank you!
  Ahmed

  A few things to check.

  1 Event Viewer. See if there are errors. They can give clues as to what happened with the reader.
  2. check the Device Manager and see if you have devices with a red or yellow marker on them.

• Impossible to assign the external hard disk drive letter

  Original title: external hard drive

  put an external hard drive on my hp 630 7 victory, I hooked an external h.d. off a dell desktop comp. and it manifests under disc mng. but I right click and I can't assign a letter... just shows 'change in dynamic disk' or 'offline' or 'help'... What do I do?  been monkeying around trying things and I have noticed in the global disk when I looked that hard drive is 100% free in two partitions... as it does not appear in the page comp. so I go to disc project and then make a right click and when it shows a volume is deleted, what should I do, that make a difference in formatting so I can assign a letter of

  Hello Charles,

  Please contact Microsoft Community. I appreciate for all the research you have done.

  I can understand the inconvenience caused, be assured that we are here to help with your concern.

  This problem can occur if the hard disk is not formatted.

  Method 1:

  I suggest you refer to her below links to format the hard drive and then try to assign the drive letter for the drive and check if it works.

  To format the hard drive refer to the article.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/create-format-hard-disk-partition#create-format-hard-disk-partition=Windows-7

  To assign driver letter refer to the article.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/change-add-remove-drive-letter#1TC=Windows-7

  Important: Formatting a volume will destroy all data on the partition. Be sure to back up any data you want to save before you begin.

  Note: You can check out the link below to see how you can back up your files.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/back-up-your-files

  Note: If the problem persists, continue with method 2

  Method 2:

  Enables or disables the automount feature. When enabled (default), Windows automatically get the file system for a new basic volume or dynamic when it is added to the system and then assigns a drive letter to the volume. Please follow the steps below to enable the automount feature,

  1. Open the Start Menu.
  2. Type cmd in the Search box.
  3. Right click on cmd and click run as administrator.
  4. At the user account control prompt, click Yes .
  5. Type diskpart and press enter.
  6. Type automount enable and press enter.
  7. Reconnect the external hard drive and check the issue.

  The above information was hoping to get useful, please return it to us if you need additional assistance.

• Disconnected (removed) external hard drive still exploring and using drive letter - how to remove?

  Dear community,

  I recently removed an external hard drive of my computer laptop windows 7, I guess it was not not ready to 'remove Saveli' it at that time. The hard drive itself is fine, but the icon remained in windows Explorer because it is disconnected. I manually assigned the drive letter Q on the drive before, and it always appears like that, since this disconnect. When I click on it, there is of course a mistake ("Q is not accessible. "Access denied"). When I plug the hard drive it is listed in another letter (E), the 'Phantom' to Q drive is not affected by it at all.
  It (the ghost drive) does not appear in the computer/disk management manager and I can also not reassign the letter Q on the original hard drive (or any other - is not in the list!).
  I would use the letter Q again to the hard drive (my paths and associations of are consistent) and want to get rid of the ghost car. Any ideas how?
  Thanks in advance,
  Philipp

  FYI
  It's great that the problem corrected itself, but for general reference or other who can run in the ii, how to fix a ' stuck or ghost hand "is to remove its entry in the registry key below and then open a new market or restart.  This problem is relatively rare, but sometimes and still does not resolve itself.
  (Note this drive letter Q is used by Office, click Run and sometimes mysteriously appears for this reason, unlike your situation.)

  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2]

• The drive letter for the files on my external drive does not match the designated letter MyWindowsApp, after briefly changing pots

  On my Windows 7 laptop, I briefly moved an external hard drive to a USB port to another and then back.

  The reader is referred to as F, as it was originally, but since the temporary move the path for some files now show that E.

  I went to disk management and confirmed that the drive is detected as F.

  This disrupts programs such as Adobe Premiere Elements. It always hurts new information loaded in the disc I load that is in F, but the said path E. The file is clearly on record.

  Hello

  I see that, after changing the port, the drive letter for the external drive has changed. I'll help you with this problem.

  1. What is the brand and model of the computer?

  2. what security software is installed on the computer?

  You can follow these steps to assign a letter to the external drive and check if that helps.

  1 - click on 'Start' button.

  2-right-click on "Computer" in the list that appears.

  Option 3 - Select the 'manage '. If a warning appears asking for your permission to continue, click on the OK"" button.

  4 - Choose "Disk management" in the left column of the computer management window. Find the USB in the list that appears in the gray bottom of the center column.

  5-click right on the part of the screen that represents the USB key, and then click the option "letter of change of road and railways.

  6 button - click on the 'change' in the window that opens.

  7. ensure that the radio button to "assign the following drive letter:" is selected. To the right of the present is a drop-down list with the drive letters currently not assigned to all of the drives on your local system. If you are not on a network, choose the drive letter you want for your USB key and then click on the OK"" button.

  8 - click on the 'yes' button in the confirmation box that appears.

  Refer.

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  I hope this helps.

• cannot change the drive letter of the external hard drive in XP

  I bought an Iomega 1 TB external hard drive and I can not change the drive letter.  I have a click right on my computer and select manage.  When I click on disk management, it does not recognize the outside.  The weird part is that it appears in my computer and I can access the drive without problem.  I disconnected the drive of my XP machine and connected to my Vista laptop and I was able to access it through the management of the disks without problem.  Iomega support claims that it is most likely a problem with my XP machine.  Any ideas how to solve this problem?

  Hello rolandboy,

  Thank you for visiting the Microsoft answers community.

  Try to use diskpart to complete the task.

  -Click Start > run > type diskpart and press enter
  -At the prompt, type list volume , press enter
  -At the prompt, type select volume 1 (where 1 is the number of the volume is the volume that you need to change the drive letter)
    -At the prompt, type assign letter = A (where A is the letter you want to assign your volume)

  Close your CMD, and you should be finished.

  Hope this helps Chris.H
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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• External hard drive USB, not received a drive letter in Vista 64-Bit

  I do not use my BeyondMicro 160 G external hard drive a lot just to make occasional backups, well this time was different.  I have powered the drive, plugged the USB cable into my PC and normal tone was heard, but NO drive letter is assigned to the drive.  In fact I couldn't find anywhere in my computer that the unit was even detected.  I Visa Ultimate 64-bit, I tried to uninstall the drivers in the Device Manager and rebooted and still no external drive, any suggestions?

  Konala Hello,

  Thank you for your response.

  If the external hard drive not detected below are some steps to solve the problem:
   
  You can check if the device is compatible with Windows Vista by visiting the Windows Vista Compatibility Center, which includes a list of drivers, hardware and applications that are compatible with Windows Vista.
   
  For reference, the link to the Windows Vista Compatibility Center is included below:
  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/compatibility/
   
  Then, if the external hard drive is not detected in Device Manager, please check if the external drive is detected in the management of the computer:
   
  You can check this by going to: start then click on computer
  When it is connected and switched on, the drive should appear as a drive letter on the computer (ie: drive E:, F: or another letter.) An Autorun window may also appear if the drive is detected.
   
  If the external drive does not appear, please check the following:

  · Check the power supply and check if it works normally.
  · Check the wiring and check that the USB cable is plugged into a port. You can also try another USB port.
  · Check disk management to see if the drive is detected it:
   
  1. right click on computer, select manage, select disk management.
  2. check the upper and lower windows to find if the drive is detected.
   
  If the external hard drive is not detected, try to connect the external drive to another PC to check if the unit is working normally.
   
  Then please check if Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is installed currently.  If WVSP1 is not installed, you can try to install this service pack and check if the problem still persists.
   
  For reference, the link below contains information. about how to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/935791/
   
   
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• drive external hard - recognized as disc 2, but no drive letter

  I try to use a 250 GB, Maxtor hard disk via USB as an external drive in a BlacX dock external. The drive appears in the disk as disk 2 Manager, but it does not appear on my computer with a drive letter c (E).

  Displaying Disk Manager, it appears as disc 2 with 233 GB free.

  How can I get it to appear in my computer as a drive letter, so I can access it as an external drive?

  When I right click on disc 2 in Disk Manager there in no option to assign or change the drive letter.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  bwbradfield

  Until the reader is prepared/formatted it will not appear on the PC and will not have a drive letter

• Lightroom 5, letter from the external HARD disk drive

  I use LR 5 and store my images on an external drive 'f' raw Once I inserted an SD card on my PC from Win10, and he received the letter F on the SD drive. Later, when I connected my external drive where I store my raw, the PC files it G. Since then, I am unable to get LR5 to locate photos. I went into disk, reassigned management to F the drive letter for the drive external hard, then back to G since LR5 thought he was now drive G. other than the location manually each individual records, seems to have no other choice. Any help would be appreciated

  The simplest solution is to use disk management to reassign the external drive the desired letter.

  My recommendation is to choose a letter 'J' so that readers SD or other do not continue to change the letter on you.

  After that you have the letter assigned, go to Lightroom file Board.

  If the folder hierarchy does not appear as it does explore, right click on a folder and select 'Show the parent'. Repeat if necessary.

  Then 'move' the first folder on the drive with the new letter. Everything under this first file will be automatically updated.

• Windows 7 reassigned by external hard drive letters and PE8 do not accept the new letter

  Sometimes when I move my external hard drives around, Windows will eventually assign different letters for the readers. It seems that all the other programs I use understand how to switch to the new drives when looking for files, but PE8 doesn't. He asked me where the N:files/video/movie.prel file is located. When I find the file in O:files/video/movie.prel. Click on enter the PE8 returns with one does not find the file error and asks us to locate it again. I reinstalled PE8 in the past to deal with the problem, but is there something easier to do.

  The trick is to tell Windows to permanently assign a drive letter to this drive so that it will not assume that this is a new drive, every time you turn it on.

  This discussion to Muvipix.com tells you how.

• I bought an external hard drive, but my mac won't let me transfer all files that it

  My mac won't let me transfer all files on an external hard drive.

  Why not?  What is the error you get when needed?

  How the drive is formatted?

  If it is formatted for Windows, OSx impossible natively to write about it.