How to Assign a Drive Letter to a Flash Drive

Assign a letter to your flash drive.

When a flash drive is installed a drive letter is automatically assigned to it, however, it may not be the drive letter you want. It is always a good idea to go in and change the drive letter to one which you are comfortable. Only the user knows if they have futures drives to install. Assigning your own drive letter to the flash drive will allow later upgrades and installations to be performed more smoothly.

Instructions

1. Click the "Start" button located on the taskbar.

2. Click "Control Panel." The Control Panel window will appear.

3. Select the "Performance and Maintenance" option if you are running the Windows XP operating system, or select the "System and Maintenance" option if you are using Windows 7 or Vista.

4. Select "Administrative Tools," and then double-click the "Computer Management" option. The "Computer Management" window will open.

5. Click the "Disk Management" option.

6. Right-click the flash drive and select the "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." option from the menu. The "Change Drive Letter and Paths" window will open.

7. Click on the "Change..." button. The "Change Drive Letter or Path" window will open. Click the drop- down arrow to the right of the "Assign the following drive letter:" radio button.

8. Select the drive letter to which you want to change your flash drive, then click the "OK" button. You have successfully changed your drive letter.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid changing any drive to the "C:," "D:" and "E:" drive letters. These are reserved for the main hard drive, and the CD-ROM and DVD drives.