Drive Name Change

[Hikermann]

i have a Seagate external drive used as backup; assigned to Drive I:; when I would boot up, that drive was always correct; yesterday, I replaced my printer (USB connection); now, the Seagate shows is as Drive K: and when I go to Disk Management to Change, Drive I: does not show as an option; if I reboot and immediately go to Change Drive, I: will be there.

What's the problem; how can I assure that the Seagate is always identified as I: ??

Thank you, appreciated!

 

[R_1]

does the printer have a memory card reader? if so the memory slots are being reserved as the lowest letter and are being mounted before the external. you can go into disk manager and assign them as drive letter farther up the alphabet. or you could change the drive letter of the external farther up so its is not likely to be shuffled around.

 

[Hikermann]

Thank you for the response.

It's an Epson XP-440 and it does have a card reader; but I don't see that identified in the Disk Manager, so I don't know how to incorporate your answer . . . ?? Disk I: is present; however, it is not the Seagate.

Wanted to include a screen shot, but don't find any provision for that.

 

[R_1]

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-assign-permanent-drive-letter-windows-10
hope this helps. if you manually assign the drive letter to the drive (tell windows only this specific drive can be called I: ) windows will not change it

 

[Hikermann]

Thank you for the info; yes, the Epson printer has a slot, so that's probably what's muscling-in on the Windows processes.

I've decided the printer is going to be returned (for various reasons) and am getting something different; so, that means I'll be starting over on this drive-assignment business.

Appreciate your help!