Drive letter change!

My external drive letter has changed apart and now all saved it is not found by the command 'open '. How do I chang it back?

To change the drive letter:

  1. Press the Windows key + R .
  2. Type diskmgmt.msc in the box, and then click OK .
  3. In the disk management window, click on the external drive, then click on paths and change the drive letter .
  4. Follow the prompts.

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