Changing external drive letter assignments

[John]

My backup USB drive had always be assigned to the E:. Yesterday I had it

shut off when I put another USB drive in. Windows assigned E: the new drive.

Then I put in the backup drive and it appeared as F:. How every time I

connect my back up drive it is showing up as F: and not E: even tho the drive

that was E: is no longer present.



How to I get my back up USB drive back to E:?



I appreciate your help, -John

 

[John Inzer]

John wrote:

> My backup USB drive had always be assigned to the E:. Yesterday I

> had it shut off when I put another USB drive in. Windows assigned E:

> the new drive. Then I put in the backup drive and it appeared as F:.

> How every time I connect my back up drive it is showing up as F: and

> not E: even tho the drive that was E: is no longer present.

>

> How to I get my back up USB drive back to E:?

>

> I appreciate your help, -John

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See the following article:



(307844) How to change drive letter

assignments in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307844





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[sanjacstudent14]

"John" wrote:



> My backup USB drive had always be assigned to the E:. Yesterday I had it

> shut off when I put another USB drive in. Windows assigned E: the new drive.

> Then I put in the backup drive and it appeared as F:. How every time I

> connect my back up drive it is showing up as F: and not E: even tho the drive

> that was E: is no longer present.

>

> How to I get my back up USB drive back to E:?

>

> I appreciate your help, -John





- Log on as Administrator

- Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Performance and

Maintenance.

- Click Administrative Tools, double-click Computer Management, and then

click Disk Management

- Right-click the USB drive and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.

- Click Change.

- Click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter that you

want to use and then click OK.

- Click Yes when prompted to confirm the drive letter change.