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oldwheat
October 1st, 2012, 11:19
Upon attaching my Seagate external HD to my newer machine I discovered that it is now drive 'H' as opposed to the former 'G' designation. Is there a K.I.S.S. method for getting it back to it's former "g' status? Simple renaming doesn't seem to work. Otherwise I am going to have to change a crapload of shortcuts in 8 installs :icon_lol:..

Allen
October 1st, 2012, 12:36
You mean letter? I don't know if it is simple but this is how I did it on my XP. Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management than Disk Management. Once at Disk Management find your drive and right click on it. Go to "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

oldwheat
October 1st, 2012, 20:07
Thanks Allen, worked like a charm ( & of course I meant letter)...