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Type "list vol" to list all available volumes. You can identify the drive by size and file system. Additionally, the volume doesn't currently have a drive letter. Select the volume using "sel vol <number>". Assign the drive letter using "assign letter=<letter>". You can now exit diskpart by typing "exit" and switch to the drive using "<letter>:".
Right-click on the drive letter you want to change and click Change Drive Letter and Paths. Click Change... Use the drop down to the right of Assign the following drive letter: to select a new drive letter. Click OK. Do let us know the status. Thank you.
With the knowledge that "When you change the drive letter of a drive, it will assign a permanent letter to the drive that will not change on your PC unless you change it." I plan to configure each USB port with a "static" (my word) drive letter (as identified by the adjacent label) using Option 1 of the aforementioned tutorial.
(a) It has a System Reserved partition (50 MB) which appears to be designated the System partition. Normally, though, a System Reserved is at least 100 MB. (b) The partition that is booted normally gets the letter C:. And that is on Disk 1. (5) Disk 2 is a removable drive with an EFI on it. That seems strange to me. What is that drive?
The command "New Simple Volume" in Disk Management will assign a letter to the partition but will start formatting afterward. This thread is locked. You can vote as helpful, but you cannot reply or subscribe to this thread.
Your screenshot show two partitions which shouldn't have assigned letter; E: 96 MB (EFI partition) and G: 497 GB (Recovery partition). To remove those letters open command prompt (CMD) as Admin and give command diskpart. In diskpart give commands. list vol. select vol e. delete letter=E. select vol g. delete letter=G. exit. exit
6.1) Open Disk Management, right click partition reserved for secondary OS, select Change Drive Letter and Paths and add a drive letter to this partition. Remember, it is currently without drive letter therefore not shown in Explorer because in DISKPART script we didn't assign any letter to it.
I am trying to recreate my Windows recovery partition, and everything works until the end, but the agent shows as disabled right after I remove the letter that was assigned to the partition in order to execute the commands. Here's the full recipe: 1. Select recovery partition and assign letter R: to it. diskpart . list disk . select disk 0 ...
Assigned a drive letter with assign letter=E. Exited diskpart and opened an admin shell. Called chkdsk E: /r. Declined to dismount and accepted running chkdsk on restart. Restarted. Opened Reflect and successfully created a system image. Interestingly, the drive letter assignment disappeared.
The partition indeed has a drive letter. I was misled by two things: First-- when I originally mounted the drive it had a drive letter. There is no doubt about this. Only after I used the Eraser utility on the drive did the letter disappear and I was trying to restore it in order to erase the entire drive.