External hard drives changed ID

Windows 8. After disconnecting a drive hard usb2 (H) when I plugged it to reconnect the drive ID was changed to K and the memory stick, which was K changed now J. This resulted in my backups no longer works. How can I change the ID to their original settings?

Hi Ronald,.

When you remove a device Windows 8 associates back its drive letter. Same thing happens when you re - attach the device so a disc previously identified by H:\ could be listed as I:\ or J:\ especially if you have other removable devices connected to the computer, such as pen drives or removable drive.

The solution in this case is to reassign letters drive using the Computer Management Console.

Follow these steps to reassign drive letters:

1. press on the logo key Windows and the X key.

2. click on disk management.

3. right-click on the USB, click on settings , then click on change drive letter and paths. 

4. in the dialog box that appears, click Edit and chose the correct drive letter. If another device is currently using the drive letter that you want to associate, you must first associate the unit concerned to another letter again to avoid conflicts.

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