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This Itechguide teaches you how to change drive letter on Windows 10.
Option 1: Change Drive Letter with Disk Management
- Right-click Windows 10 Start menu and select Disk Management.
- Then, right-click the partition you want to change drive letter for and select Change Drive Letter and Paths…
- On the Change Drive Letter and Paths pop-up, click Change.
- Then, on the Change Drive Letter or Path pop-up, click the Assign the following drive letter drop-down and select a new drive letter.
- Finally, to change drive letter on Windows 10 with Disk Management, after selecting a new drive letter, click OK.
- Then, on the confirmation pop-up, note the warning and if you want to proceed, click OK.
Option 2: Change Drive Letter with DISKPATH
- Type command prompt in the Windows 10 search box. Then, from the search results, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator.
- You will receive a User Access Control (UAC) confirmation, requesting you to allow the “app to make changes to your PC”. On the UAC prompt, click Yes.
- On the command Prompt, to open the DISKPART, type the command below and press enter.
DISKPART
The DISKPART prompt will open.
- On the DISKPART prompt, to list all available disks – type this command and press enter.
LISK DISK
The command will list all disks on your computer. The next step is to select a disk.
- To select a disk, enter the command below and press enter.
SELECT DISK 1
The command will return “Disk # is now the selected disk.” The next step is to list all available partitions on the selected disk.
- To list all partitions on the selected disk, enter the LIST PARTITION command and press enter.
LIST PARTITION
Before you proceed to the next step, note the partition # of the partition you want to change drive letter for.
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- Then, to select the partition, enter the SELECT PARTITION command followed by the partition # and press enter.
SELECT PARTITION 6
Change 6 to the partition number for the partition you want to change its drive letter.
- Finally, to change drive letter on Windows 10 with DISKPART, use the ASSIGN LETTER command. In this example, I want to assign driver letter D to the partition.
ASSIGN LETTER=D
If the drive letter is available, DISKPPART will assign the drive letter and return a confirmation message.
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However, if the drive letter is already assigned to another partition, DISKPPART will return an error message. If you receive an error message, try another drive letter.
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Option 3: Change Drive Letter with PowerShell
- Type PowerShell in search bar. Then click Run as administrator.
- To identify the disk with the partition you want to assign drive letter, type the Get-Disk cmdlet and press enter.
Get-Disk
The command will display information about all disks on the computer. Note the Disk number (first column) – from the screenshot below, mine is disk number 0. The next step is to get the partitions on the disk.
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- To list all partitions on a disk, enter the Cmdlet below and press enter
Get-Partition -DiskNumber 0
All partitions on the disk will be displayed. Note the partition number of the partition you want to change its drive letter. From the screenshot below, mine is partition 6.
- Finally, to change drive letter on Windows 10 with PowerShell, enter the Cmdlet below and press enter.
Get-Partition -DiskNumber 0 | Set-Partition -PartitionNumber 6 -NewDriveLetter E
Change 0, 6 and E to your disk number, partition number and drive letters respectively.
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Conclusion
You can use the methods covered in this Itechguide to change drive letter Windows 10!
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