Windows 10: Cannot assign a drive letter

Discus and support Cannot assign a drive letter in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi folk. I have an external drive where the electronics of the case has failed. I have switched the drive into my pc so that I can use it as an... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Antonyvw, Oct 31, 2015.

  1. ANTONYVW
    Antonyvw Win User

    Cannot assign a drive letter


    Hi folk.
    I have an external drive where the electronics of the case has failed. I have switched the drive into my pc so that I can use it as an internal drive. The drive is still operational but I cannot see it listed in my drives. Opening up disk manager shows the drive is clearly visible there but is no volume letters assigned to it.
    The easy option would be to delete the partitions and create new. However, the drive is divided into several partitions which I want to keep as they contain a lot of important data files (years of photos for one thing). Disk manager wont allow me to assign any drive letters (option is grayed out) and disk partition only shows me a single partition not the 5 partitions I have on the drive.
    so my question is how do I assign volume letters without losing my data?

    :)
     
    Antonyvw, Oct 31, 2015
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  2. PRASHANTKUMAR96
    PrashantKumar96 Win User

    Error code 0x80070003? WD has found a drive f:\ ?

    0x80070003- System cannot find path specified.

    Ever plugged in USB drive that was assigned drive letter F:? It is possible that Windows Defender detected something in USB drive but before it could take its actions, drive was removed. It is common, but only if a drive was inserted, assigned letter F:
    and removed.

    Prashant Kumar
     
    PrashantKumar96, Oct 31, 2015
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  3. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User
    Blue question mark over drive

    If you click, change Drive Letter and Paths, can you assign a drive letter to that partition?

    If so, assign drive letter W, since that was its original Drive Letter . . .
     
    DaveM121, Oct 31, 2015
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  4. LX07
    lx07 Win User

    Cannot assign a drive letter

    lx07, Oct 31, 2015
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  5. ANTONYVW
    Antonyvw Win User
    Ok here is the disk manager screenshot
     
    Antonyvw, Oct 31, 2015
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  6. SPAPAKONS
    spapakons Win User
    Look's like halasz is right. You will need a new disk to copy the recovered data. Once done, wipe all partitions and create them again. If the disk has no physical damage (only logical) you should be OK. Since the recovery tool will search sector-by-sector it can take hours before letting you see and copy any data. Be patient, I have been through similar situations and I know how it feels.
     
    spapakons, Apr 5, 2018
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