How to Assign a Letter to a New Hard Drive
Each hard drive that is hooked up to your computer, internal or external, is assigned a letter to identify it. The default drive on your computer is often the C: drive, but all other drives are usually named in the order that they are installed. If you use multiple drives, it can be helpful to rename them. But renaming a hard drive is not the same as renaming any other file. It must be done through the computer's drive manager.
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Instructions
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Right-click on "My Computer" and select "Manage". If you use Windows Vista, click on the "Start" button, and then right-click on "Computer" and select "Manage".
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With the Computer Management window now open, click on the "Disk Management" tab under the heading "Storage" on the sidebar.
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Choose the drive you want to change. There should now be a list of the drives on your computer. To change the letter of a drive, right-click on the drive you want to change and then select "Change Drive Letter and Paths".
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Rename the drive. This will open up a window that includes the option of "Change". Here you can choose from the available letters to rename your drive. Some drives cannot be renamed, such as the default C: drive.
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Tips & Warnings
The Disk Management page is a handy tool to monitor the status of all of your hard drives.
Changing settings on a computer should only be done if you have Administrator privileges, and any other necessary permissions.
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meehhanehtehhan
Jul 15, 2010
thx so much, i bought a new drive and my computer wouldn't open it although it was in system etc, just not under my computer. i noticed in the safe to remove hardware it didn't have a drive letter, so came to this wonderful site. knew some clever person would have on here what to do and now i can use it. thx again.
