The problem of changing a drive letter or removable storage device in the Microsoft Windows operating system can be solved using standard system tools without using additional third-party software.
Instructions
Step 1
Log on to the system with a computer administrator account and click the "Start" button to bring up the main OS Windows menu.
Step 2
Go to "Control Panel" and select "Performance and Maintenance" to perform the operation to change the drive letter.
Step 3
Specify the "Administration" item and open the "Computer Management" link by double-clicking the mouse.
Step 4
Select the Disk Management node in the left pane of the application window and open the context menu of the selected removable media by right-clicking.
Step 5
Specify the item "Change the drive letter or path to the drive" and click the "Change" button.
Step 6
Go to the "Assign Drive Letter (A-Z)" section and select the desired drive letter.
Step 7
Press the OK button to execute the command and confirm the application of the selected changes by pressing the "Yes" button.
Step 8
Return to the main menu "Start" and go to the item "Control Panel" to perform the operation of assigning a drive letter to removable media.
Step 9
Select "Performance and Maintenance" and select "Administration".
Step 10
Open the "Computer Management" link by double-clicking the mouse and select the "Disk Management" node in the left pane of the application window.
Step 11
Call the context menu of the selected removable media by clicking the right mouse button and select the "Change drive letter or drive path" item.
Step 12
Click the Add button and go to the Assign Drive Letter (A-Z) section.
Step 13
Select the desired letter and press the OK button to apply the selected changes.
Step 14
Return to the "Disk Management" menu and open the context menu of the selected removable media by right-clicking to perform the operation of deleting a drive letter.
Step 15
Specify the command "Change drive letter or path to drive" and click the "Delete" button.
Step 16
Confirm the application of the selected changes by clicking the "Yes" button.