external hard drive swapped drive letters....

[Guest rchapman0608]

i have an external hd. i've had it for a week or so. all works fine. when i

first hooked it up it showed as local disk (F:). i moved my pc today and when

i started it the ehd now shows as local disc (G:). it works fine, but all my

music is there and when i try to play it in musicmatch or wmp i get a broken

link message because i imported it all from the hd when it was (F:) instead

of (G:). i tried it hooked to all the usb ports and get the same. how did

this happen and how can i get it back to (F:) ? thanks.

 

raymond

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"rchapman0608" <rchapman0608@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>i have an external hd. i've had it for a week or so. all works fine. when i

> first hooked it up it showed as local disk (F:). i moved my pc today and

> when

> i started it the ehd now shows as local disc (G:). it works fine, but all

> my

> music is there and when i try to play it in musicmatch or wmp i get a

> broken

> link message because i imported it all from the hd when it was (F:)

> instead

> of (G:). i tried it hooked to all the usb ports and get the same. how did

> this happen and how can i get it back to (F:) ? thanks.

>

> raymond

>

 

Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc, then right-click drive G: and

change it back to F:.

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> "rchapman0608" <rchapman0608@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:69D63639-841D-4155-B340-6F1108314730@microsoft.com...

>>i have an external hd. i've had it for a week or so. all works fine. when

>>i

>> first hooked it up it showed as local disk (F:). i moved my pc today and

>> when

>> i started it the ehd now shows as local disc (G:). it works fine, but all

>> my

>> music is there and when i try to play it in musicmatch or wmp i get a

>> broken

>> link message because i imported it all from the hd when it was (F:)

>> instead

>> of (G:). i tried it hooked to all the usb ports and get the same. how did

>> this happen and how can i get it back to (F:) ? thanks.

>>

>> raymond

>>

>

> Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc, then right-click drive G: and

> change it back to F:.

 

Or for less fiddly way to get to the disk manager, right click on 'My

Computer' and select 'Manage'. Select the drive manager from the screen

that appears. Then right click on the drive you wish to change the letter

of and select a new one.

[Guest Paul Randall]

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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message

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>> "rchapman0608" <rchapman0608@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:69D63639-841D-4155-B340-6F1108314730@microsoft.com...

>>>i have an external hd. i've had it for a week or so. all works fine. when

>>>i

>>> first hooked it up it showed as local disk (F:). i moved my pc today and

>>> when

>>> i started it the ehd now shows as local disc (G:). it works fine, but

>>> all my

>>> music is there and when i try to play it in musicmatch or wmp i get a

>>> broken

>>> link message because i imported it all from the hd when it was (F:)

>>> instead

>>> of (G:). i tried it hooked to all the usb ports and get the same. how

>>> did

>>> this happen and how can i get it back to (F:) ? thanks.

>>>

>>> raymond

>>>

>>

>> Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc, then right-click drive G: and

>> change it back to F:.

>

> Or for less fiddly way to get to the disk manager, right click on 'My

> Computer' and select 'Manage'. Select the drive manager from the screen

> that appears. Then right click on the drive you wish to change the letter

> of and select a new one.

 

It is likely that the operating system has assigned F: to some other device,

like a slot for a memory card. If something else is assigned the letter F,

use the instructions give by others to change that device's letter to some

letter not currently used. Then you can change this drive's letter to F.

 

-Paul Randall