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  • My G: Drive Has Been Renamed to G ( J::) ???

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 7 00:55:03 2022
    I have a few external drives. I had a USB stick in one of the front
    USB ports on my comp. It was set to the drive name of J:. I had a
    bit of a problem when taking out the USB stick from the USB jack.
    My comp burped somehow and my external G: drive became G: (J:). All
    my shortcuts to files on what used to be the G: drive now have to be
    changed to J:. I looked in Device Manager but couldn't figure out
    how anything in there would help me.

    Anyone ever hear of the nonsense happening? Anyone have a clue how
    to get my drive renamed back to G: from J:?

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  • From JJ@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jan 7 14:38:42 2022
    On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:55:03 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
    I have a few external drives. I had a USB stick in one of the front
    USB ports on my comp. It was set to the drive name of J:. I had a
    bit of a problem when taking out the USB stick from the USB jack.
    My comp burped somehow and my external G: drive became G: (J:). All
    my shortcuts to files on what used to be the G: drive now have to be
    changed to J:. I looked in Device Manager but couldn't figure out
    how anything in there would help me.

    Anyone ever hear of the nonsense happening? Anyone have a clue how
    to get my drive renamed back to G: from J:?

    That normally happen when a USB drive is plugged into a different USB port.
    Or the drive letter is already used by other drive when the USB drive is plugged in.

    To change the drive letter of a drive volume, open the Disk Management.
    Right click on the drive's volume. Choose "Change Drive Letter and
    Paths...". Click the "Change" button. Choose the new drive letter. Click the
    OK button. Choose Yes if prompted.

    Make sure there's no file is being opened, or no program is being run in the USB drive (or any drive whose drive letter is about to be changed).
    Otherwise, data loss may occur.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jan 7 02:05:54 2022
    On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 14:38:42 +0700, JJ <[email protected]> wrote:

    On Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:55:03 -0600, [email protected] wrote:
    I have a few external drives. I had a USB stick in one of the front
    USB ports on my comp. It was set to the drive name of J:. I had a
    bit of a problem when taking out the USB stick from the USB jack.
    My comp burped somehow and my external G: drive became G: (J:). All
    my shortcuts to files on what used to be the G: drive now have to be
    changed to J:. I looked in Device Manager but couldn't figure out
    how anything in there would help me.

    Anyone ever hear of the nonsense happening? Anyone have a clue how
    to get my drive renamed back to G: from J:?

    That normally happen when a USB drive is plugged into a different USB port. >Or the drive letter is already used by other drive when the USB drive is >plugged in.

    To change the drive letter of a drive volume, open the Disk Management.
    Right click on the drive's volume. Choose "Change Drive Letter and
    Paths...". Click the "Change" button. Choose the new drive letter. Click the >OK button. Choose Yes if prompted.

    Make sure there's no file is being opened, or no program is being run in the >USB drive (or any drive whose drive letter is about to be changed). >Otherwise, data loss may occur.

    It worked!

    Jeesh! Things are so simple when one knows what the in hey they're
    doing. : o)

    THANKS!!

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