Windows 10: How can I direct all references to a specific drive letter to a different drive letter?

So I originally had a small SSD C for boot and a HDD E for everything else, and I recently consolidated onto 1 large ssd which I assigned to be my new C. While I've been trying to just ignore the kinks, very often it will tell me that a file can't be found, because it's searching on my E: which doesn't exist anymore. Is there any way I can make it so any time my old E is referenced, it just searches my C instead? I migrated all my files, so they should all be in the same places, just a different drive letter.

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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.

 

Win 10 drive letter

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I recommend you to refer to the suggestion provided in the below Microsoft Help Article and check if it helps. The below link will be also applicable to Windows 10. To open Control Panel, type it on search bar and click on it.

Change, add, or remove a drive letter:

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support

Disclaimer:

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  Some programs make references to specific drive letters. If you change a drive letter, these programs might not work correctly.
  
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  If you get an error, the drive you are trying to change might be in use. Close any program or window that is using the drive and try again.
  
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  You can't change a drive letter if the drive is either a system partition or a boot partition. For more information, see
  
  what system partitions are and boot partitions?
  

You may also refer to the suggestions by Azrael’s Kiss replied on October 30, 2014 and check if that helps.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ndows-10/166d972d-4576-480d-be3e-9e649c88a033



Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other assistance with Windows in future. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Reformatting - Wrong Drive Letters?

Ok, do so googling about acronis True Image 11 and disk letters. Its the program I use to save all my info, and I know that people wee having troubles with the drive letters there. It was something about modifying the boot.ini and assigning drives. Anyway, I found this for you:

Change the System/Boot Drive Letter
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (How to back up and restore the registry in Windows) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
1. Make a full system backup of the computer and system state.
2. Log on as an Administrator.
3. Start Regedt32.exe.
4. Go to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
5. Click MountedDevices.
6. On the Security menu, click Permissions.
7. Verify that Administrators have full control. Change this back when you are finished with these steps.
8. Quit Regedt32.exe, and then start Regedit.exe.
9. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices
10. Find the drive letter you want to change to (new). Look for "\DosDevices\C:".
11. Right-click \DosDevices\C:, and then click Rename.

Note You must use Regedit instead of Regedt32 to rename this registry key.
12. Rename it to an unused drive letter "\DosDevices\Z:".

This frees up drive letter C.
13. Find the drive letter you want changed. Look for "\DosDevices\D:".
14. Right-click \DosDevices\D:, and then click Rename.
15. Rename it to the appropriate (new) drive letter "\DosDevices\C:".
16. Click the value for \DosDevices\Z:, click Rename, and then name it back to "\DosDevices\D:".
17. Quit Regedit, and then start Regedt32.
18. Change the permissions back to the previous setting for Administrators (this should probably be Read Only).
19. Restart the computer.