[access-uk] Re: Changing Drive Letter
- From: <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:43:05 -0000
Many thanks George & Mo. Just come back from the pub so I think tomorrow will
be more than a little safer. Thanks anyway.
Roger
From: George Bell
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 11:26 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Changing Drive Letter
Here it is from Windows Help.
George.
To change, add, or remove a drive letter
1. Click to open Computer Management. If you're prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
2. In the left pane, click Disk Management.
3. Right-click the drive that you want to change, and then click Change
Drive Letter and Paths.
4. Do one of the following:
o To assign a drive letter if one has not already been assigned, click Add,
click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
o To change a drive letter, click Change, click Assign the following drive
letter, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
o To remove a drive letter, click Remove, and then click Yes to confirm that
you want to remove it.
Notes
o Some programs make references to specific drive letters. If you change a
drive letter, these programs might not work correctly.
o If you get an error, the drive you are trying to change might be in use.
Close any program or window that is using the drive and try again.
o You can't change a drive letter if the drive is either a system partition
or a boot partition. For more information, see What are system partitions and
boot partitions?
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 15 December 2013 07:54
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Changing Drive Letter
Good Morning
I’ve just had my external drive die on me. Someone posted recently the life
expectancy is around 3 years, mine was 7/8 years old so very good innings. It’s
he one I keep all my media on. Not a serious problem as I had a backup of 98%
of the media and managed to revive it enough to get the final little bits to
bring it up to a full copy. The old diver is now waiting to be thrown away but
one little irritation has occurred. The old drive was my G drive but the new
one has become my H drive. I seem to recall some long while ago someone, I
think possibly George, posted that it was possible to change the drive letter.
This I would like to do as I'm used to referring to it as G and there are
several references in other places. Could someone post instructions on how to
do this please. I’m running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
Many thanks Roger
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