Changing EHD letter: Need some help...I tried to change the letter assigned to an external hard drive from the the computer assigned “D” to “Z”. I followed the directions from...

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May 27, 2021 11:04:09 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Need some help...I tried to change the letter assigned to an external hard drive from the the computer assigned “D” to “Z”. I followed the directions from Microsoft Windows 10 using disk management. Disk management recognized the change but Explorer didn’t. (See attached) Your expertise is appreciated

May 27, 2021 11:21:21 #

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Did you reboot after doing this?

May 27, 2021 11:42:00 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

Yes…with no effect. It’s weird that disk management shows the X while file explorer shows a the big question mark.

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May 27, 2021 21:05:12 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Change it again to another unused drive letter (like G:), make sure you complete the operation (click OK) and reboot again.

May 28, 2021 06:29:26 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

TriX wrote:

Change it again to another unused drive letter (like G:), make sure you complete the operation (click OK) and reboot again.

Thanks. I did try another letter (R) with the same puzzling results.

May 28, 2021 09:34:45 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Hmmm. Here’s the Microsoft Ap note on the subject: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-a-drive-letter

I noted that you need to be logged in as administrator. I’ve encountered other puzzling issues changing windows configurations (such as write protecting/unprotecting folders) that appeared to work, but didn’t, that worked successfully when I ran as administrator.

May 28, 2021 10:32:49 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

TriX wrote:

Thanks so much. The YouTube videos never mentioned this. I’m sure that’s the problem. Thanks again.

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May 28, 2021 10:34:56 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

tommymac wrote:

Thanks so much. The YouTube videos never mentioned this. I’m sure that’s the problem. Thanks again.

Hope it works - let us know.

Cheers

May 28, 2021 15:09:21 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

TriX wrote:

Hope it works - let us know.

Cheers

Will do

May 28, 2021 17:18:22 #

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

tommymac wrote:

Computers ultimately do what they want🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

May 28, 2021 17:45:58 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

TriX wrote:

Hope it works - let us know.

Cheers

It worked. Thanks so much. The process to run as administrator is more involved than I imagined. YouTube search came up with a number of tutorials with the clearest from Pace Consultants.

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May 28, 2021 17:47:15 #

tommymac Loc: Green Bay, Wisconsin

joecichjr wrote:

Computers ultimately do what they want🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

Thanks for the insight.

May 28, 2021 17:52:18 #

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

tommymac wrote:

It worked. Thanks so much. The process to run as administrator is more involved than I imagined. YouTube search came up with a number of tutorials with the clearest from Pace Consultants.

Excellent!

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