Windows 10: Repeated loss of assigned disk drive

Discus and support Repeated loss of assigned disk drive in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I have a new laptop HP running Windows 11. I have an external hard drive Lacie which I have assigned the letter Z in disk management. Several times a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by neverds, Nov 30, 2022.

  1. NEVERDS
    neverds Win User

    Repeated loss of assigned disk drive


    I have a new laptop HP running Windows 11. I have an external hard drive Lacie which I have assigned the letter Z in disk management. Several times a day, my Z drive loses its letter, although another external drive Samsung which I have labeled S, does not. When the Z drive loses its letter, it cannot be found in file explorer or other programs like Lightroom. I will attach 2 screenshots that I hope will be helpful. Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

    :)
     
    neverds, Nov 30, 2022
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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 30, 2022
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  3. LEMP
    LemP Win User
    Optical drive letters keep swapping

    Open Disk Management (click Start, type diskmgmt.msc in the Search box, and press Enter).

    1. In the lower pane, right-click on your optical drive and select "Change drive letter and paths"
    2. Assign Y: to the first optical drive
    3. Repeat step 1 for the second optical drive and assign Z:
     
    LemP, Nov 30, 2022
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  4. SLYFOX2151
    slyfox2151 Win User

    Repeated loss of assigned disk drive

    Disk management console view is not up-to-date

    i dont know how to fix your disk management, but i can fix your partition problems...




    open up Command Prompt with admin rights. (Right click, run as admin)


    enter in
    DISKPART
    list disk

    then find the Disk number for your Raid array... lets call it number 7 ( you can tell what disk is what by the total size)
    type in

    Select Disk 7
    List Partition (will give you a list of all the partitions..)
    Select Partition 1 (im assuming you only have 1 partition on Disk 7) repeat this step if you have more partitions.
    ASSIGN


    that should get the array up and running ready to use.


    EDITED.

    any problems, post back ^^


    Still EDITING *Stick Out Tongue Repeated loss of assigned disk drive :p

    side question, have you tried restarting the PC?
     
    slyfox2151, Nov 30, 2022
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