Guest rchapman0608 Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 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
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: external hard drive swapped drive letters.... "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:.
Guest M.I.5¾ Posted August 13, 2007 Posted August 13, 2007 Re: external hard drive swapped drive letters.... "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message news:OLUez0W3HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > "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 Posted August 14, 2007 Posted August 14, 2007 Re: external hard drive swapped drive letters.... "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message news:46c005ca$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net... > > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message > news:OLUez0W3HHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> "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
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