Windows 10: How to change drive from D: to E: after Macrium system transfer?

Discus and support How to change drive from D: to E: after Macrium system transfer? in Windows 10 Backup and Restore to solve the problem; . I used Macrium to restore a system partition to a new laptop. On my old laptop, the data partition was E: But the new data partition has been... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Backup and Restore' started by OldGrantonian, Sep 21, 2017.

  1. OLDGRANTONIAN
    OldGrantonian Win User

    How to change drive from D: to E: after Macrium system transfer?


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    I used Macrium to restore a system partition to a new laptop. On my old laptop, the data partition was E: But the new data partition has been assigned as "D". As a result, some installed programs are unable to find their data.I tried to alter the drive letter using diskmgmt, but the only available choices were: A, B, D, F, H, I....

    The diskmgmt procedure is here:

    Drive letters assigned to restored or cloned partitions - KnowledgeBase - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase

    Is there an easy way to change the drive letters? As a last resort, I'm fairly comfortable with the registry. Is it risky to blindly change all occurrences of:

    E:\Documents\Data\1SoftwareRelated

    to

    D:\Documents\Data\1SoftwareRelated ?
    .

    :)
     
    OldGrantonian, Sep 21, 2017
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  2. BAWELL
    Bawell Win User

    How to change destination drive? From C to D?

    Destination for installing Nokia Suite
     
    Bawell, Sep 21, 2017
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  3. FARBY
    farby Win User
    How to change destination drive? From C to D?

    Which device and destination for what ? Is it for the Nokia Store downloads ? If 'Yes'.. Go to Nokia Store in your phone and Log-in ..Then go to Options --> Account --> Settings --> Installation Preferences .. and select the appropriate destination..
     
    farby, Sep 21, 2017
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  4. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User

    How to change drive from D: to E: after Macrium system transfer?

    Does your new laptop have an Optical drive? A DVD/CD/Blueray device? If so, that has been assigned as "E", quite common and normal.
     
    f14tomcat, Sep 21, 2017
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  5. MOOLY
    Mooly Win User
    You can relabel something like the CD drive (or any partition) to an available letter to 'free up' the one it currently uses.

    For example whatever is now E can be relabelled as Z. That frees E to use for the one you want to assign to.
     
    Mooly, Sep 21, 2017
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  6. OLDGRANTONIAN
    OldGrantonian Win User
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    Thanks to f14tomcat and Mooly for the tips.Everything is now fine.
    .
     
    OldGrantonian, Sep 21, 2017
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  7. F14TOMCAT
    f14tomcat Win User
    Glad you got it all where you want it! *Smile
     
    f14tomcat, Apr 5, 2018
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