I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I discovered
that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came back
to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location of
stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I can't
do it one by one.

Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
none that have taken that letter?

Thanks,

Pierre

"PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
>discovered
> that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
> back
> to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
> of
> stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
> application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
> can't
> do it one by one.
>
> Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
> none that have taken that letter?
>

Certainly is.

Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select Change
Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7CC36F29-453D-4783-B1FD-5D74404846B4@microsoft.com...
>>I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
>>discovered
>> that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
>> back
>> to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
>> of
>> stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
>> application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
>> can't
>> do it one by one.
>>
>> Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
>> none that have taken that letter?
>>
>
> Certainly is.
>
> Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
> Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
> box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
> appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select
> Change Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.

I should have added that the drive letter you select should become sticky
unless something else occupies H: when you plug it in or (likely) you plug
it into a different USB port.

Thanks for the answer and reminding me that under "right click" there is
always an unexplored mine of soolutions.

"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>
> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:47f60cf7$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
> >
> > "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7CC36F29-453D-4783-B1FD-5D74404846B4@microsoft.com...
> >>I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
> >>discovered
> >> that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
> >> back
> >> to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
> >> of
> >> stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
> >> application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
> >> can't
> >> do it one by one.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
> >> none that have taken that letter?
> >>
> >
> > Certainly is.
> >
> > Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
> > Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
> > box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
> > appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select
> > Change Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.
>
> I should have added that the drive letter you select should become sticky
> unless something else occupies H: when you plug it in or (likely) you plug
> it into a different USB port.
>
>
>

Hello,
problem appears again when I permute the HD between two machines, BUT
now the drive letter does not apeear anymore when I use the process you
proposed, only the technical description of the drive (Seagate, etc.)
What should I do next?
Thanks,
Pierre

"M.I.5¾" wrote:

>
> "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:47f60cf7$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
> >
> > "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7CC36F29-453D-4783-B1FD-5D74404846B4@microsoft.com...
> >>I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
> >>discovered
> >> that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
> >> back
> >> to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
> >> of
> >> stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
> >> application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
> >> can't
> >> do it one by one.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
> >> none that have taken that letter?
> >>
> >
> > Certainly is.
> >
> > Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
> > Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
> > box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
> > appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select
> > Change Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.
>
> I should have added that the drive letter you select should become sticky
> unless something else occupies H: when you plug it in or (likely) you plug
> it into a different USB port.
>
>
>

Found it!
"My Computer" appears in different environments and the contingent menu
differe then.
The "My Computer " should be the one under Explorer

"PierreL" wrote:

> Hello,
> problem appears again when I permute the HD between two machines, BUT
> now the drive letter does not apeear anymore when I use the process you
> proposed, only the technical description of the drive (Seagate, etc.)
> What should I do next?
> Thanks,
> Pierre
>
> "M.I.5¾" wrote:
>
> >
> > "M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:47f60cf7$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...
> > >
> > > "PierreL" <PierreL@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:7CC36F29-453D-4783-B1FD-5D74404846B4@microsoft.com...
> > >>I switch an external hard drive between two PCs. Upon doing this I
> > >>discovered
> > >> that this drive named (H) under PC1 was recognized as (I) when it came
> > >> back
> > >> to PC1. The problem is I have an application that recognizes the location
> > >> of
> > >> stored maps as (H: ..... maps) and I cannot access them anymore. The
> > >> application does does not allow redirection and I have so many maps I
> > >> can't
> > >> do it one by one.
> > >>
> > >> Is there a way to force this drive to be recognized as (H) when there is
> > >> none that have taken that letter?
> > >>
> > >
> > > Certainly is.
> > >
> > > Right click on 'My Computer' and select 'Manage'. Now select Drive
> > > Management from the left side menu. You might find it easier to make the
> > > box bigger at this point. Somewhere on the right you external drive will
> > > appear and the partition will be shown as I:. Right click and select
> > > Change Drive letter. It should be self explanatory from there.
> >
> > I should have added that the drive letter you select should become sticky
> > unless something else occupies H: when you plug it in or (likely) you plug
> > it into a different USB port.
> >
> >
> >