Ed reminds us that, although Windows automagically assigns a drive letter to any connected drive, we can change what drive letter is associated with our particular external plug ins.
While we can't use the C: drive, and it is usually considered foolish to use either the A: or B: drives (they have usually been allocated to "floppy drives and can confuse older software". Best avoid those ones, then).
Ed suggests however that we "might want to assign M to [...]our digital music files, [...] or X for your top-secret X-Files." Good ideas to help our full memories.
He explains how to set the drive letter:
- "Start by ensuring that the drive you want to work with isn't in use and that no files from that drive are open".
- "Next, open the Disk Management console (Diskmgmt.msc) and right-click the volume that has the drive letter you want to change".
- "Click Change Drive Letter And Paths and then click the Change button, where you can choose from a list of available drives".
Sam
- Reference: Bott, Ed (1 February 2017). Windows tip of the week: How to change a drive letter. Retrieved 2 February 2017 from http://enews.techrepublic.com/hostedemail/email.htm?CID=41591294381&ch=8F8A95B34DEB472A730A759B9028928C&h=c9695ac18a6a115a9d40ab19d7f70759&ei=WolkDVlxN&schema=echo3
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