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

 

If you can only change one change that one to be the same as the one you
cannot change.

Google Jer
Woodhaven, Mi

-----Original Message-----
From: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:28 PM
To: simplycomputers2@yahoogroups.com
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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