Windows 7 – Assigning a Drive letter to a hard disk

When connecting a hard disk drive to a computer, Windows will automatically assign a drive letter.  However you may need to specifically name a drive to ensure consistency when working with files.

• Click Start
• Right Click “Computer”, then choose Manage
• Expand Storage
• Click Disk Management (wait for the management app to load information about the disks)
• Locate the disk that you want to change the drive letter for.
• Right Click the drive and select “Change Drive Letter and Paths”
• If the disk already has a drive letter assigned, highlight it and then click Remove.
• Click Add, choose Assign the following drive letter (choose one from drop down box)
• Click OK,
• Click OK again,
• The Drive letter will now be assigned.

NOTE: NEVER Change the drive letter of the Operating System C:\ drive

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Reviewed on 17/02/2015