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• 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.

• Can not change the external hard disk drive letter.

  When I (R) click on the drive that I want to change the box that appears is all grayed out and you can just click on the help line. How can I change this so that I have all the choices available in the box? While I can click on change drive letter.

  When I (R) click on the drive that I want to change the box that appears is all grayed out and you can just click on the help line. How can I change this so that I have all the choices available in the box? While I can click on change drive letter.

  seems apparent question is already answered here... Follow the troubleshooting steps

  http://www.SevenForums.com/general-discussion/39481-cant-change-hard-drive-letter-needed-letter.html

• Restore files deleted to new destination OR change the name of the external hard disk drive

  I deleted a mass usb (external hard drive) storage file that was installed in the F: drive at some point when pluging this backinto PC hard drive it has become the E: drive.  I want to restore the files removed from the Recycle Bin, and when I click on restore it tries to restore to former F: is not currently being used.  How can I restore to a different location or drive OR how to make the system to recognize the external hard drive as drive F: and not drive E:

  Hi Cschnell,

  I suggest you open the Recycle Bin and drag and drop to the desktop or your favorite place.

  You can also see the article for more information:

   

  Recover lost or deleted files

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/recover-lost-or-deleted-files

  I hope this helps.

• 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.

• Possible to repair permissions on the external hard disk drive?

  I use the Mavericks. Is it possible to repair the permissions of the drive on an external hard drive?

  Why would you want to? Just put the reader to ignore the ownership and permissions.

• How to change the letter on the external HARD disk

  My drive external hard was originally on drive F, and with that, I got all my music iTunes also. However, for some reason, my computer stopped recognizing the F drive; the following message appears when you try to open this drive:

  "The drive or network connection that designates the shortcut 'F Drive.ink' is not available. Make sure that the disk is properly inserted or the network resource is available and then try again. »

  The problem I have now is that the external hard drive is now the G disk and iTunes does not recognize the path (G:\iTunes), I say to use, for example, my music is not loading properly and that a fraction is playable.

  Can someone help me with this?

  Hello

  I would recommend to change the external drive (g) to F letter.
  Do you know how to do this?

  After the external HARD disk is connected, you need to access the disk management and you will see the HARD drive (unique partitions) and other readers.
  Then you must mark the external HARD disk and should change the letter F.

  Perhaps the letter F was reserved for another drive.
  In this case, you need to unlock the letter F by assigning another letter to the reader that uses the letter F.

  For more details, please consult the Microsoft Knowledgebase document;

  [How to change drive letter assignments in Windows XP | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307844]

• Reinstall vista again HARD drive now PC don't can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop

  Duplicate info wire - running kill disk, vista disappeared and my laptop does not see my dvd/cd drive and I can't reinstall vista OS because of this problem

  Have to reinstall vista on a new HARD drive now PC can not boot from the DVD drive I can copy vista external hard disk drive, and then install on the laptop?

  The DVD player worked before HARD drive went bad now, it won't work.

  And I just replaced the HARD drive, but now cannot load an operating system that he...

  Help, please...

  Hi dynamitenews

   

  1. are you able to boot to the desktop?
  2. what happens when you try to start the computer?

   

  You must have the DVD drive to start the computer using the disk, you cannot use the external hard drive to do the same thing.

  Also I suggest you to make sure you have defined the start as CD/DVD-Rom as the first choice option in the BIOS. See below the help link-
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/BIOS-frequently-asked-questions

  If nothing is done, then you can contact the manufacturer support for assistance on setting up the correct boot sequence and check.
  
  BIOS WARNING-
  Change (CMOS) BIOS/complementary metal oxide semiconductor settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

   

  I hope this helps.

• I need the driver for my external HARD disk drive

  Hi how are you?

  Well, I would like to know I do an external drive using the portable hard drive whose name is "Toshiba MK8034GSX" which is with a capacity of 80 GB.
  A few days back I plugged to the USB port with my pc but after that it says need driver and I n t have the HARD disk driver.

  So kindly if anyone has the driver or know the link where I can find the driver then tell me I will be very grateful to you all.

  With regard to:

  Martine André

  Hello

  What is a USB HDD?
  You n t need any driver, and there is no drivers for an external USB HDD.

  The USB driver is part of the Windows OS and it s already installed.
  The USB HDD must be fitted with a plug & play device which means that should be recognized automatically after you connect to the laptop USB port.

  What OS you have and what laptop is it?
  The operating system is up to date?
  USB ports are correctly listed in the Device Manager?

• Unable to detect the external HARD disk

  I have a Buffalo external HDD 3.0 Ministation 500 GB which worked great for a month, but now when I plug it into my laptop it does not appear in my computer. It does appear in disk management and remove material without a drive letter.

  I looked for a solution and tried to rename it in disk management, but the option letter and paths of change disc is not available. Please let know us if there is another solution. I use Vista Home premium on a computer Asus F80. I have important data in there so reformatting now is not an option.

  Plug the other ports does not work. Always undetectable.

  Reset does not work

  Update the hard disk driver does not work. He said that the drivers are up to date.

  Plug it into another machine has the same undetectable result.

  Hello

  I would like to ask you to the manufacturer of the device to contact for help that you were facing the same issue when you talk the device to another computer.

• Z500 Touch is slow video playback of the external HARD disk

  Hello

  I knew video slow reading (more than a minute) drive external HARD on my Lenovo Z500 touch. I used different actors updated (vlc, windows media, Media Player Classic player) who gave the same problem. I have no video experience slow game with multimedia files on the HARD drive inside (less than 15 seconds).

  So, what happens? USB problem?

  Hi ColonelONeill,

  I try to boot my laptop with the power profile high performance. I was surprised to discover that the problem of the slow video playback of the external HARD drive has been resolved. When I double click on the multimedia file, it took my laptop less than 8 seconds to play. So, I does not work using HD tune benchmark.

  Thank you.

• files and folders invisible after the attack of virus on the external HARD disk

  I have an external Seagate 500 GB HDD.
  Yesterday I plugged on my friend's laptop computer, but her laptop has been attacked. I didn't know it. so I just copied the files on my HARD drive.
  After connecting the HARD drive to my laptop, I've scanned several times, but only one file or folder is not visible in it. And I checked the properties, its display used and remaining memory on the HARD drive.
  Not what happened? I want historical data... How can I make them visible?
  Help, please...

  Hi Muralidharpattar,

  This problem normally occurs when permission for files/folders have been modified and may be hidden.

  Method 1: We will connect the hard drive and try to check if files and folders are hidden or not.

  Show hidden files

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/show-hidden-files#show-hidden-files=Windows-7

  Method 2:

  If the problem persists, I suggest you analyze the external hard drive to see if it is operated by the virus and malwares. If you have any antivirus program that is not built, you can run scanning using it. If this isn't the case, you can use the provided scanner.

  Step 1:

  Start your computer in safe mode and check the number.

  To start your computer in safe mode

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

  Step 2:

  Run a scan antivirus on your computer.

  www.Microsoft.com/Security/Scanner

  Note: If infections are detected during the scan, there is a risk of data loss because infected files will be deleted.
   
  Hope this information helps. Response with status so that we can help you.

• 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

• Damaged on the external HARD disk MBR

  One of my external hard drives (a 2 to Seagate) obviously has a damaged MBR.  In disk management, I get a box saying I need to initialize the disk before logical disk manager can access it.  Before you reformat the HARD drive, is it possible to recover the data?  As a side note it was working fine until today.

  Use the free Seagate, utility SeaTools to diagnose and possibly fix the problem

  HD can fail at any time

• How to rename the external HARD disk in window 8?

  I have a Seagate Backup more Portable disk (500 GB) and WD Element (1 to). I use Window 8.

  When I Plug one of them, their original name had auto-changed by the computer. For example, auto-changed the name of the element Local disk (H) and Seagate to Local disk (G). I tried to rename the two hard drives, but it does not work. But the two hard drives were working properly (I can open it and uploaded files). I even tried to use disk management to rename the HARD drive, but it will not change in the computer.

  Not only that, when my friend she plug Pendrive or plugging me in my usb connection Smartphone . Both got the names of auto-changed also. For example, when I connected my Vivo X 5 in computing, it usually appeared Vivo (I) and the Sd Card (F). Then some time later, it auto-changed on the removable disk (I) drive removable (F). Regarding my from a friend, after she plug his USB drive in my computer, its name from Pendrive changed disk removable (J). When she plug his USB stick into his computer, she could not rename its USB key at all.

  Is it because of Bug? or a Virus? What this means, I format my calculater, hard drives, USB stick and Smartphone?

  I did done Windows Defender Scan, but it does not detect anything. So, I tried it on my Windows Defender and used Panda Antivirus Scan but detects no virus at all too. What should I do?

  Hello Carina,.

  Thanks for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

  I appreciate the effort to change the drive letter. There could be possibility of virus as well. We can try the following methods and check.

  Method 1: You can run the troubleshooter of material and check.

  Follow the steps to run the Troubleshooter:

  1. Press Windows + C keys on your keyboard to show the charms.

  2. Troubleshooting type, and then click Troubleshooting under settings.

  3. Now, type Hardware Troubleshooter in the option Search .

  4. Click the hardware store to run the troubleshooter.

  Method 2: I suggest you try to reinstall the USB controllers and if the problem persists try disabling any antivirus installed on your computer, and then reinstall the USB controllers.

  To remove and reinstall all USB controllers, follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, click run, type sysdm.cpl in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Click the hardware tab.
  3. Click the Device Manager button.
  4. Expand Bus USB controllers.
  5. Right-click every device under the Bus USB controllers node and then click Uninstall to remove them one at a time.
  6. Restart the computer and reinstall the USB controllers.

  Method 3: Once the USB controller is uninstalled, try installing the latest version of the driver for chipset on the site of computer manufacturer.

  Plug in the removable USB storage device and test to make sure that the problem is solved. If the problem persists, please try to disable any existing Antivirus installed on your computer, and then repeat uninstalling followed windows update Setup USB controllers.

  NOTE: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you need to disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network, while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.

  Please follow the steps to install the available Windows updates.

  1. Press Windows + R, type Control Panel , and click then on ok.
  2. Change the display by (from windows Explorer) large icons or small icons.
  1. Click the Start button, type Windows Update in the search box, and then click Windows Update in the results pane.
  2. Click find updates. When the scan finished, click optional review updates.
  3. Click the check box next to the update, and then click install updates.
  4. If you are prompted, read the license agreement, then click I agree.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen to download and install updates. If you are prompted, restart your computer.

  Method 4: Run Microsoft Safety Scanner

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  Microsoft safety scanner

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Hope this information is useful. Please feel free to answer in the case where you are facing in the future other problems with Windows.