Windows 10: I can't assign drive letters and can't find dskmgmnt.exe on Windows 10

Discus and support I can't assign drive letters and can't find dskmgmnt.exe on Windows 10 in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hello everyone, I have a bunch of old WD portable hard drives that I recently pulled out of storage, and I have been trying to get them to work. I at... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by indiosveritas, Feb 21, 2021.

  1. INDIOSVERITAS
    indiosveritas Win User

    I can't assign drive letters and can't find dskmgmnt.exe on Windows 10


    Hello everyone, I have a bunch of old WD portable hard drives that I recently pulled out of storage, and I have been trying to get them to work. I at first thought they were all dead, because even though they started vibrating and sounded like they were on and the lights on them came on, I couldnt find them in my "This PC" folder. I did a little bit of research and discovered thst the drives are seemingly fine - they just aren't showing up because my laptop did not automatically assign them any drive letters. I read about how to assign them drive letters in Disk Management, but something strange happened; I couldn't find it on my laptop, which is running WIndows 10. I did find something called Computer Managemet, opened it, and went into Device Manager, and from what I read, right-clicking on the hard drive would allow me to assign a drive letter. So I right-clicked, but the menu doesn't include that option. Here's a screenshot:
    I can't assign drive letters and can't find dskmgmnt.exe on Windows 10 [​IMG]


    Please lete me know if I need to include any more information, because this problem is annoying me to no end. Thanks in advance to all who can help.

    :)
     
    indiosveritas, Feb 21, 2021
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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, Feb 21, 2021
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  3. DALCHINA
    dalchina Win User
    Trouble Assigning Drive Letters

    Possibly useful note: you can assign a drive letter to an external disk- but only one per letter.
    Example: plug in your external drive. Say it's allocated E:

    Now change its drive letter to T:

    When you next plug it in, it should be assigned T:
     
    dalchina, Feb 21, 2021
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  4. CJOYCE1980
    cjoyce1980 Win User

    I can't assign drive letters and can't find dskmgmnt.exe on Windows 10

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

    maybe your USB drive is trying to assign a drive letter that is already taken.

    goto

    start > control panel > administrative tools > computer manager > disk manager

    find your USB drive and assign is a drive letter
     
    cjoyce1980, Feb 21, 2021
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