How to Letter the Flash Drive

Give your flash drive a permanent letter designation in Windows 7.

Flash drives, also known as pen drives, memory sticks, USB drives or thumb drives, are small removable drive devices that plug directly into a USB port on the computer. Once it's attached, Windows finds the drive, recognizes it as a removable drive and automatically assigns it a drive letter. In Microsoft's Vista and Windows 7 operating systems, you can manually change the letter that is assigned to the drive.

Instructions

1. Plug the flash drive into a USB port on your computer.

2. Click the Windows "Start" button and then right-click on "Computer."

3. Select "Control Panel," then choose "System and Security."

4. Select "Administrative Tools," then click on "Computer Management."

5. Click on "Disk Management." All disks on the computer will be listed as "Volumes." Locate the volume with the word "Removable" in the description of the volume.

6. Right-click on the removable volume option and click "Change Drive Letter and Path" from the context menu.

7. Click the "Change" button.

8. Click the drop down box and select a new drive letter. Click "OK."

References

• Windows: Change, Add, or Remove a Drive Letter (Vista)
• Windows: Change, Add, or Remove a Drive Letter (Windows 7)