Windows 10: Assign a drive letter

Discus and support Assign a drive letter in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; When I plug an external hard drive to my PC (Windows 10) via the USB, the computer does not recognize it in Windows Explorer. I have to go into Disk... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by LewisJones4, Nov 20, 2018.

  1. LEWISJONES4
    LewisJones4 Win User

    Assign a drive letter


    When I plug an external hard drive to my PC (Windows 10) via the USB, the computer does not recognize it in Windows Explorer. I have to go into Disk Management to assign the drive a letter before I can see it in Windows Explorer. Is there an option in Windows 10 to automatically assign the drive a letter, and I can see the drive in Windows Explorer, so I do not have to keep having to assign letters to external drives?

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    LewisJones4, Nov 20, 2018
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  2. LAZZER408
    Lazzer408 Win User

    help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

    Any usb flash drive I plug into my computer isn't assigned a drive letter. The physical drive shows in the "safely remove hardware" but it doesnt show up in disk management. I have tried to populate the volume thru the safely remove hardware properties window and it does pop up in the list but it doesn't stay there. This isn't a format or assign a letter problem. It's more complicated then that. Maybe one of the services needed for usb drive management was disabled? Suggestions needed. btw external usb harddrives work fine.
     
    Lazzer408, Nov 20, 2018
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  3. FRICK
    Frick Win User
    Assign drive letter to WM phone

    Hey all.

    So I've got an HTC Touch Dual. It's a pretty good phone, running WM 6, and I've bouch a 4GB microSD card. When I connect the phone to the computer the WM Device Center pops up.

    Now what I need to do is basicly assign the phone a drive letter. Some PDA programs I want to install (from a CD) need that, and in WinXP it had a drive letter, but in Win7 the phone just shows as a "HTC Touch Dual". Wich means I cannot install that program to it, because I need a drive letter.

    Any suggestions, anyone?

    Thanks for looking! *Smile Assign a drive letter :)

    EDIT: Oh, and copy the files directly to the phone doesnt work, there are no install files for the PDA itself.
     
    Frick, Nov 20, 2018
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  4. CW00
    CW00 Win User

    Assign a drive letter

    Assign a drive letter

    When I plug an external hard drive to my PC (Windows 10) via the USB, the computer does not recognize it in Windows Explorer. I have to go into Disk Management to assign the drive a letter before I can see it in Windows Explorer. Is there an option in
    Windows 10 to automatically assign the drive a letter, and I can see the drive in Windows Explorer, so I do not have to keep having to assign letters to external drives?
     
    CW00, Nov 20, 2018
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