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• What could cause my computer to rendomly change the drive letter assigned to a mapped network drive?

  I use a Windows XP Pro SP3 System. We have dipped sharing network and one of them began to change the drive letter assigned periodically through the week that makes a problem in access to frequently used files. No reason as to why he would do this?

  Hi KyleMiller,

  ·         How you map the network drive?

  Try to re-mapping the network drive and check if it helps. Follow this link to do this.

  How to connect and disconnect a network drive in Windows XP

• How can I change the drive letter assigned to the partition of 'winretools' on a laptop Win 8?

  I'm just going through the process to customize a new Inspiron 14z with Windows 8. The only thing that left me speechless are all provided partitions installed on drive, thanks to a combination of everything be different on Win8, Dell make their own way and GPT formatting.  Generally, I would like to know what the devil all these partitions are for, but it is fine if it will be a slow learning process.  More precisely and immediately, I need to change the drive letter assigned to the partition of 'WINRETOOLS '.  Currently it is D:, and the problem is that 10 years from now, I'm using as my data partition D: and a number of applications, configurations, settings, etc. assume that all my files are on D:.  For example, by having all my music on D:, I can sync iTunes library and preference between machines and all results files and playlists is from a machine to another.  Same thing for my photos.  Same for a bunch of utilities like FTP consoles, sync utilities...

  In an earlier version of Windows, I would just go into management drives, right click on the partition in question, assign a different drive letter and work done.  On my machine, the WINRETOOL 2 GB partition shows not even as having a drive letter in disk management, despite the fact that it is D: in Win Explorer.  In addition, only the right click option is 'help '.  I took this option, and, despite its aspirations, it is not useful.

  How can I change this drive letter to something else?  WINRETOOLS should even have a drive letter in Explorer (some messages that I've seen indicates that it must be hidden)?  If I change the drive letter, which will break its function, whatever it is?

  ....

  My machine has a 500 GB of rotating disk that has all of the above partitions.  I shrunk the 80 GB C: partition, to create a data partition.  I've not yet formatted the unallocated space I want to solve this WINRETOOLS thing first.  Finally, there is a 32 GB of SSD that I put in place as a cache of the Intel Smart Response, and it is no longer visible to the operating system.

  At the command prompt, type the following and press "enter":

  mountvol D:\/d

  Close the command prompt.

  Drive D: letter should now be available and not used.

  Here's some info about Mountvol, it's very powerful to be safe to use it:

  

• Drive letter assigned not

  My GPS unit is not assigned a drive letter when it is plugged into the USB port.  It happens in the Device Manager and when checked is said to work properly.  In disk management is not listed in the register of volume (top panel), appears in the lower panel, but it is not assigned a letter and status is not saved.  I tried the command letter and the path of the drive changes but get the error message "the operation failed to complete because the disk management console view is not updated.  I updated as suggested and also close the disk management console, restart disk management and restarted the computer.  It makes no difference at all.  A solution would be most appreciated.

  Why do you think he must have a drive letter. It offers storage?

• Secondary hard drive receives the drive letter assigned to the start-up

  I have recently formatted my secondary hard drive, which had been sitting in my empty PC and do nothing for a while, to function as a music folder. The problem I have is that every time you start that I have to manually assign the drive letter, Windows does not automatically. I tried to reformat the hard disk, but it does not solve the problem. In addition, by train to perform a bugcheck gives an error indicating the check cannot be completed. Personally, I have no idea how to solve this problem, and I have not found anyone with the same issue.

  Hi Revolvist,

  There is a possibility that the second hard disk is defective or damaged.

  If the second hard disk is a separate hard drive, I suggest you disconnect the drive from the computer (if possible) and connect to another computer and check if the problem persists.

  Install or remove a hard drive

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/install-or-remove-a-hard-disk-drive

  I hope this helps!

  Halima S - Microsoft technical support.

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• My PC drive letter assignment is incorrect.

  I have a HP Pavilion a230n w/Windows XP Home Edition, SP3 & IE 7. I tried to find why I can't burn a CD/DVD, when I noticed that the designations of drive letter on my secondary internal drive would be ', the CD/DVD burner and CD-rom have changed. How can I fix it?

  Hi Carolina,.
  Well, there is a lot of information here so I'll do my best to sort it out.

  You say in your first post that you have a secondary internal drive that has been designated as the "D" HOWEVER, which was actually just a Partition of the 'C' drive and not a disc correct full-fledged?

  If this is the case, then my suggestion is to change the drive letters and just create the primary partition as "D" as is was before. However, having 2 discs called 'J' is a problem.
  You say that it is an external drive. What is it? It is a storage device, or just another piece of hardware that the computer considers as a drive?

  In addition, the actual error codes you get will be a world of help to understand what actually causes the errors. So, if you would, please copy these errors and post them here. Who's going to tell us at least in the right direction.

  I am also curious to know what program you use to burn CDs.

  As to the question Word Perfect - hardware forum and drivers is not really the right place to ask but I think there's an easy solution. Indeed, Word Perfect, itself may contain a help section or a tutorial for you to see. Looks like you just to close a toolbar. If you just need to find the options in Word Perfect, which allows you to customize toolbars.

• Second hard drive not assigned his letter

  After a few months, my computer laptop second hard drive seems to remove its drive letter assignment. It takes then I go into disk management and re assign it. IM curious to know what could cause this happens

  Hello

  Thank you for coming back to let us to us know that you were able to solve the problem.

  If you want to examine more closely the HDD, Seagate has software, SeaTools.

  http://www.Seagate.com/support/internal-hard-drives/laptop-hard-drives/Momentus-laptop/

  Note: Running trying to diagnose and repair hard drive failure can lead to the loss of data on bad sectors.
   
  We hope that you continue to use the Forum for any other question of Windows, that you can have in the future.

• Qosmio F30-112 - drive is not assigned a drive letter

  Hello

  Once again I need your help. My drive UJ 846-C of MODEL Qosmio F30-112 CD/DVD can not read. I brought it to the center of Toshiba, that they said its necessary to replace, but they told me that it will cost US $266. So I decided to buy it at the other store. I found the MODEL UJ-875 after I installed the computer hardware installed successfully, my problem is when I try to insert the CD once a few second CD comes out.

  I try to diagnouse with Fix it messege was THE DRIVE IS NOT ASSIGNED A LETTER (MAST * a DVD - R UJ - 875 ATA DEVICE
  The drive is not accessible without a drive letter assigned.

  Can someone help me what to do or what I have to return the unit? is this compatible or not?

  PS by the way my computer has been upgraded to Windows 7 Home premium

  Thank you
  rtmasagca

  Hey,.

  Wait a moment, Matt: do you have upgraded to Windows 7 with the new CD/DVD drive or do you have it before you exchanged the drive?

  You get this message from Windows?

  If so, it seems that it s not installed correctly and you should try removing the upper and lower filters in the registry:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/314060

• HP Pavilion m7667c, try to install Vista 32 bit. No OS - the charge not assigned drive letter.

  My HP Pavilion PC m7667c console was at the origin of many blue screens. After several diags that does not solve the problem, I replaced the power supply because the block is dead.  Then replaced the motherboard.  The XP PC operating system will not recover because the BONE had already improved Multimedia Pro XP to VISTA. I can get the VISTA OS to run from my CD to upgrade to VISTA, but the operating system is not found, because there is no drive letter assigned to the drive.  I tried a replacement for the HD signal cable but no help.  I can't on a screen so windows help.  At this point, I'm ready to reformat the hard drive then maybe I could partition and assign a drive.  Any suggestions?

  Hello

  How many drives are installed on your PC?  RAID mode running on your PC?

  Boot into the bios and look under the Advanced menu.  What is the setting for the SATA mode?

• Mode DSC-W510 usb drive letter

  I'm looking for more information on exactly how this functions model of the device when it is connected to a computer - I would like to be able to connect with the usb cable and the camera memory stick appears as a removable drive with a drive letter assigned in Windows. I do not use any software to transfer pictures off the camera - want to just drag - move in Windows. This model camera offers this feature?

  Page plug is really not so much about this and I tried looking for a manual for this camera and can't find one.

  Set the parameters of the camera to a single LUN and USB connect to mass storage. To define, access the settings menu of the camera. After setting the camera, connect the camera to your computer. Go to the computer, search for devices with removable storage. Look for the drive where the camera is connected. If you see the DCIM folder, that's all.

• How can I change the drive letter of the floppy drive?

  In the system properties Device Manager I want to change the settings of the floppydiskdrive (FDD). This is currently the station A:.
  I plugged in an external floppy drive and want this device as A: station.

  How can I change the current drive letter assignment?
  The reserved drive letters option is not available because the fields are gray.

  Steef

  Hello Steef

  As far as I know, it cannot be changed. Each internal floppy drive has A drive letter. Each external device becomes first available letter after later used in Windows Explorer in my computer.

  Good bye

• SanDisk Ultra Drive Letter missing problem

  Did a search but don't seem to find something that fits to my problem. I have several Sandisk Ultra USB flash drives, for most versions of 16 GB with a 32 GB version and for some strange reason, whenever I have insert in a Windows computer (Windows 7 and Windows 10) they fail to come up with a drive letter. Instead, I have to go to computer management > disk management > change drive letter and paths and assign a (usually E) drive letter to the Ultra drive to be install in Windows every time.

  I have many other readers flash including Sandisk Cruzers who do not exhibit this problem. There is always a drive letter assigned whenever they are inserted into a Windows computer.

  Is there a cause for this problem?

  Is there one alternative to having to assign a drive letter to each time I insert the Ultra flash player?

  Ed_P wrote:

  Assignment of the different drive letters to each different drive, IE the more different 16 GB for the 32 GB ones, should help. I have some of my own assigned to S: and T: to deviate the other random readers.

  Thanks for the suggestion. Tried that on the Ultra drive (five of them) and it did not work. Each of them has been assigned their own drive letter but would not come up with a drive letter, so that other readers not Ultra would rise with the drive letters.

  What seemed to have worked was to access the 'diskpart' execute the command, and then run the following command: automount enable

  Then when the Ultra drives were inserted, they came up with a drive letter from the first drive letter not in use on the system.

  Explanation of the Automount command: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753703(v=ws.11).aspx

• Lost to a data partition drive letter. Restored by using diskpart

  Original title: lost Partition... Help, please...!

  Initially, my hard drive space of 320 GB, with that one drive than C: and another drive is D: that is recovery drive. I have vista home premium 32 bit OS.

  I wanted to make a partition and so I shrunk C: drive by going right on my computer - manage - disk management - selected the C: drive and retractable... He gave me the new disc called F: with 66,93 GB of space... I moved some data in the F: drive. He has worked for two days, but now I can't see drive F: in my computer, but we see here in disk management with the allocated space of 66,93 GB... It does not drive letter show he... It's in the blue bar. and I was unable to open it, or view the properties.

  It prompted an error message: "operation failed to complete because the disk management console view is not updated...» »

  Is there anyway that I can open it? or other means to recover the files? My personal data are there I want to come back...

  Help, please.! I m desperate... I really need the files...

  Hi Roland Bhatt,.

  Thank you for visiting Microsoft Answers.

  Try to use diskpart to assign a drive letter to the drive.

  1. on the start Orb > type diskpart.

  2 - Click on diskpart in the above results > click Run as administrator.

  3. after diskpart loads type list volume, press on enter.

  You should notice that you can see your partition you use for your data, it should not not have a drive letter assigned to it.

  4. type select volume 6 (replace 6 with the number of the volume assigned to the partition in question).

  5. type assign letter Z (replace Z with the letter you want to assign).

  When you look in the computer, you should be able to see your score.

  Reference:

  Change, add, or remove a drive letter

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  Hope the helps of information. Please post back and we do know.

  Concerning
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• Can I connect external drives, flash sticks, cards, etc. to a specific drive letter?

  Hello. My question is for Windows Vista, Xp and Win7. I have Vista and XP.

  I was wondering if I can assign (or delete the assignment) a drive letter to the external hard drive. I have a laptop and that not always you wanted to plug a certain external drive first, and everytime I turn on the unit. If I can assign a drive letter - I wanted to have it exclusively for some external hard drives, flash sticks, cards, etc. If possible. And Cancel if something breaks or is replaced, etc.

  Can I do this with my office also (this is the XP one)?

  Can it confuse the system? What updates or anything like that? What happens if I change the associated device?

  Also would it help if I run specific programmes on a device external usb, but I am currently not.

  Assuming this works: I can leave something assigned to the drive letter K and whatever it is I plugged in any OS: nothing runs the K drive unless it is the specific device, even if not assigned devices...? Those who can jump to L or D - J, etc.?

  Thank you.

  Assignment of drive letters is pretty easy - use tool (diskmgmt.msc) disk management to assign letters.  Insert the disk or device, run the disk management tool, find the drive or device, right click and select 'Change Drive Letter and paths', click the 'Edit' button and assign the drive letter you want.  Not the drive letter assignment is made by inserting the device and using the button 'delete '.  I don't know of a way to remove a drive letter assignment, if the device is missing or damaged /-maybe someone else can chime with this knowledge.

  'Brian V V' wrote in the new message: * e-mail address is removed from the privacy... *

  Hello. My question is for Windows Vista, Xp and Win7. I have Vista and XP.

  I was wondering if I can assign (or delete the assignment) a drive letter to the external hard drive. I have a laptop and that not always you wanted to plug a certain external drive first, and everytime I turn on the unit. If I can assign a drive letter - I wanted to have it exclusively for some external hard drives, flash sticks, cards, etc. If possible. And Cancel if something breaks or is replaced, etc.

  Can I do this with my office also (this is the XP one)?

  Can it confuse the system? What updates or anything like that? What happens if I change the associated device?

  Also would it help if I run specific programmes on a device external usb, but I am currently not.

  Assuming this works: I can leave something assigned to the drive letter K and whatever it is I plugged in any OS: nothing runs the K drive unless it is the specific device, even if not assigned devices...? Those who can jump to L or D - J, etc.?

  Thank you.

• Cannot change drive letter external (Windows Vista)

  I connected an external hard drive to my laptop (3.5 "), but it can not display in Windows Explorer.
  I have Windows Vista installed on my laptop

  The external hard drive is recognized in disk management, appears in good health, but has no drive letter assigned.
  When I want to change the drive letter, this and every other option is grayed out, except the option 'Delete Partition '.

  All the world is facing this problem before?

  Thank you

  Nielke

  Hi Nielke,

  I'm sorry to know that you still have the problem.

  You can try plugging the external drive to another PC to see if the device works it.

  If it is detected on another PC, you will need to take backup of the data on the external hard drive and try to format the drive by following the steps mentioned above to the PC where it detects.

  After formatting the drive, check to see if it detects is to change the drive letter.

  Hope this information is useful.

  Jeremy K
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
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