How to Change a Drive Letter in Windows 7

A "Drive Letter" is a letter that precedes  paths to files on that drive. A commonly used drive letter in windows is the letter "C:\" (for the internal hard disk) and "D:\" (for optical drives). Windows lets you change the drive letter of any peripherals attached to your computer (whether its an optical drive, USB flash drive, external hard disk drive, etc.) as you desire. This steps will help you accomplish this.

• Close all running programs prior to doing this tutorial.

• Click the start button (the blue windows logo).

• Right-click on "Computer".

• Click on "Manage" on the pop up menu.

• If a "User Account Control" dialog pops up, click "Continue".

• The "Computer Management" window pops up. Click on "Disk Management" under the "Storage" section on the left side of the window.

• In the list on the right, find the drive whose letter you want to change and right-click on it.

• Click “Change Drive Letter and Paths…” from the popup menu.

• Another window will show up with the drive letter of your chosen disk. Click the "change" button on the window.

• Select a new letter from the drop down menu then click "OK".

• A pop up window will remind you that programs relying on the old drive letter will no longer work. Click "Yes" if you fully understood this warning to continue.

• You might get this warning if you didn't close running programs before changing your drive letter. Click on "Yes" to continue.

• Close the "Computer Management" window. If the computer needs to restart, restart the computer so the changes will take effect.

• Open up "My Computer" to confirm the drive you changed has a different drive letter.








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