Re: [Simply Computers] How do you ensure a hard drive always keeps the SAME drive letter please ?

 

You're not exactly overloading us with information Chris ;-) Can you please provide more info about
what you've tried in XP Home and what specifically isn't working the way it should? Otherwise it's
guesswork on our part.

Are you saying that:
you're unable to get into Disk Management in Windows XP Home?
or
you can get to it but you're unable to right click on the drive and get the option to change the
drive letter?
or
you get this far but the letter won't stay changed?
or something else?

The more detail you provide, the better we can help.

In principle, Disk Management is the same in all versions of Windows - Home, Pro and Ultimate. There
are just different ways to get to it. The method used in the link I sent in my previous mail (right
click My Computer-Manage-Disk Management) is the same as Roger's. But there are other ways to get to
Disk Management if necesary. Let us know if that's the problem.

An alternative route:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windowsxp/ht/disk-management-xp.htm

Alan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris" <chrispemble@gmail.com>
To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Simply Computers] How do you ensure a hard drive always keeps the SAME drive letter
please ?

> Changed it to X in win xp pro on the tower, but how do you change it in
> win xp home on the lappy?
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>> [mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan
>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 6:40 PM
>> To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [Simply Computers] How do you ensure a hard
>> drive always keeps the SAME drive letter please ?
>>
>> Have you tried changing the letter to X in Disk Management
>> Chris? Right click on the drive and select 'Change Drive
>> Letter and Paths....'.
>>
>> Change it to X on the laptop and it should (in theory) remain
>> that way next time you connect the drive, especially since
>> these letters will never be used by any other device.
>>
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Change-a-Drive-Letter-in-Windows-XP
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris" <chrispemble@gmail.com>
>> To: <simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 6:32 PM
>> Subject: [Simply Computers] How do you ensure a hard drive
>> always keeps the SAME drive letter please ?
>>
>>
>> > Has anyone found a way of an external usb hard drive
>> keeping the hard
>> > drive letter please? On one machine with win xp pro, the
>> drive is X,
>> > on the laptop with win xp home, it's Z, but I need it to
>> always be the
>> > same letter, preferably X
>> >
>> > Any help really appreciated.
>> >
>> > Chris
>> >
>> >
>>
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