[SOLVED] Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!!

GreatBigSea · 05-26-2008, 08:43 PM

i own a seagate freeagent external hard drive that i recently had to disconnect temporarily. When I reconnected the device, it's drive letter changed from "F" to "H" and stays that way no matter which USB port I plug it into. Normally this wouldnt bother me, but a great deal of the programs I run depend on getting their information from the external hard drive at "F", and they will not run properly if the drive is assigned improperly.
I tried going went to disk management to solve the problem but when i try to change the drive letter for the freeagent drive, F does not come up as an option. In fact, as i scroll down the list of drives, F isnt even present. It goes straight from E to G. However on the "my computer" screen drive F does show up. What the hell is going on?

**Deleted090308** · 05-26-2008, 10:58 PM

Welcome to TSF.

What has been assigned the drive letters F and G?
Please post a screenshot of Disk management.

How to post a screenshot.

GreatBigSea · 05-27-2008, 06:47 PM

here you go. as you can see, there is no drive F and it wont let me select it on the change drive letter screen.

**Deleted090308** · 05-27-2008, 08:35 PM

There's an F: drive (CD) and a G: drive (DVD) in the second screenshot.
If they are virtual drives - uninstall the software used to create them.

GreatBigSea · 05-30-2008, 03:50 PM

thanks for you help. i just found out i had a virtual drive that i forgot about that was taking the place of f. doh!

**Deleted090308** · 05-31-2008, 12:15 AM

I'm glad you got it fixed.

05-26-2008, 08:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
GreatBigSea Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	[SOLVED] Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!! i own a seagate freeagent external hard drive that i recently had to disconnect temporarily. When I reconnected the device, it's drive letter changed from "F" to "H" and stays that way no matter which USB port I plug it into. Normally this wouldnt bother me, but a great deal of the programs I run depend on getting their information from the external hard drive at "F", and they will not run properly if the drive is assigned improperly. I tried going went to disk management to solve the problem but when i try to change the drive letter for the freeagent drive, F does not come up as an option. In fact, as i scroll down the list of drives, F isnt even present. It goes straight from E to G. However on the "my computer" screen drive F does show up. What the hell is going on?

05-26-2008, 10:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!! Welcome to TSF. What has been assigned the drive letters F and G? Please post a screenshot of Disk management. How to post a screenshot.

05-27-2008, 08:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!! There's an F: drive (CD) and a G: drive (DVD) in the second screenshot. If they are virtual drives - uninstall the software used to create them.

05-30-2008, 03:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
GreatBigSea Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP	Re: Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!! thanks for you help. i just found out i had a virtual drive that i forgot about that was taking the place of f. doh!

05-31-2008, 12:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Hard Drive Switched Letters on Me!! I'm glad you got it fixed.