Re: EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE LETTERS

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Louis Miller wrote:
Using Control Panel, Disk Management I assigned Drive Letters to external hard drives.
A number of times the drive letter changes. Is there a method to prevent changes to the designated letter ?




Don't disconnect the external drive; it'll retain the assigned drive letter. Once you disconnect and reconnect the external device, the drive letters get reassigned.


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