Can not change the external hard disk drive letter.

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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.

• 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

• I am able to access my desktop to my laptop as part of a homegroup, but can not access the external hard drive that is attached to my office.

  share external hard drive

  I am able to access my desktop to my laptop as part of a homegroup, but can not access the external hard drive that is attached to my office. I want to be able to back up my laptop hard disk external.  Advice please.

  geraintjo

  I do not use homegroups, but 'true' to share, so I don't know how this is supposed to work with homegroups. But usually he should share a drive or folder, first before you can access it from another machine. (for example, click on the drive/folder properties and go to the sharing tab)

• Can not see the external hard drive to my computer only in devices & Printers I tried many patches & need help please

  I do not see my external hard drive in my computer but I can't in my devices and printers.  I too see the drive in disk management.  There is a lot of data on my hard drive that I need to save. It says that I have to initialize so the computer sees the drive but it clears my data. How to recover data? The drive works and makes no noise. Help, please. I uninstalled the RPG player

  and reinstalled. I've also updated the driver and I still don't see the drive in my computer.

  Hello

  Welcome to the Microsoft community.

  I understand that you have a problem with finding printers and external hard drives in the computer. We apologize for the unhandiness caused to you and appreciate your efforts in trying to solve the problem.

  To help you better I would like to know the details.

  1. What is the brand and model of the computer?
  2. You did changes to the computer before the show?
  3. Have you tried to connect the same external hard drive on another computer?

  I ask you to run the hardware and devices Troubleshooter and check if the problem persists. It is an automated tool that checks the hardware attached to the computer for known problems and provides details on how to correct them.

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter

  I ask you to install optional Windows, including updates updates and check if you are facing the issue.

  Reference http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider_wintp-insider_devices/how-to-install-and-update-drivers-in-windows-10/a97bbbd1-9973-4d66-9a5b-291300006293

  Keep us updated on the issue to help you better.

• 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.

• OS can not find Gigastore external HARD disk.

  Hello
  I have a problem with my new Gigastore external HARD drive.
  I have a windows 2000 and the operating system can not find the Gigastore external HARD disk.
  One of the systemrequires is that it is compatible with Windows 2000.

  Thank you for your help.

  Sincerely
  Luis

  You don't give much info.
  I would first go in "Device Manager" and check that there is not a question mark with "unknown device" beside him. If this is the case, highlight it and delete it, unplug your HARD drive and restart your computer. Check the Device Manager again, you will need to repeat the process without the connected HARD drive. Then follow the instructions of the manufacturer install the driver. In some cases, you will need to plug it in the first place, in others, first install the driver. The order is important.

• Can I add an external HARD disk drive to my Satellite L300-110?

  How can I add an external HARD drive to my Toshiba Satellite L300-110 portable and not Toshiba supports adding such a type of HARD drives for laptops?

  Hello

  Drive external DRIVE can be connected to any PC or laptop. Drive external DRIVE is connected to the USB ports. On this photo you can see what it looks like.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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]

• I can't reformat the external hard drive, Buffalo Technology.

  Original title: Buffalo Technology DriveStation JustStore 1 TB external hard drive

  I have an external drive that I had everything stored on and thought that he would never crash. but he did. I tried all the software out there to retrieve the data, and I know now that it is gone forever. I want to use it again (and make sure I save it constantly), but I'm unable to reformat the hard drive.

  I looked online and tried all different types of software to format the hard drive, but I have not been successful. My PC can see it, but I'm unable to format it.

  Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

  Hello

  Here are a few questions for clarity on the issue:

  1. what operating system is installed on the computer?

  2 have you tried to format the drive in Windows Explorer?

  3. what happens when you try to format the drive using different software?

  Let us try the following and see if you can format the external hard drive:

   

  Important note: Run the format, you clear the external hard disk.

  Method 1: Format the drive in Windows Explorer.

  See the following steps:

  (a) click Start, click computer

  (b) right click on the drive and click format

  (c) follow the on-screen instructions for formatting.

  Method 2: Format the drive in disk management.

  See the following article:

  Create and format a hard disk partition:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

   

  If the methods above do not contribute or if you have a question, please answer, to help you further.

• My Satellite phone does not recognize the external hard drive

  I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite with Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit. I connected an external hard drive (brand is seagate) that still works on my previous laptop (Dell), but the system does not overlay the external hard drive. It does not recognize there is an 'external Hard Drive FreeAgent' but when the AutoPlay window appears & I choose "Open folder to view files" it gives me the following message is displayed:

  "G / is not accessible.
  Access is denied. "

  I called the manufacturer of the external hard drive (Seagate) & they told me that it is a windows problem.

  can someone help me? ... Thank you

  Can you please tell us which model of laptop you have exactly?
  Do you use an original preinstalled operating system?
  Are you using USB ports?
  Have you noticed the same problem using all available ports?

• Can not Backup on external hard drive, get error 0 x 810000006

  can not backup on external hard drive

  Close running programs as much as possible. Turn off or unplug the external drive. Market back or plug, wait a few minutes and try again.

  Tom Ferguson