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Set driver letter

  • After hard disk formatting, every partition would have a driver code, namely, driver letter. Driver letter is like the serial number of boxes, which enable user to know what a certain box contains on seeing the serial number. Similarly, driver letter is the serial number of partitions, helping manage hard disk file management. When calling a program, user will have a clear mind where this program exists, which is really convenient for the management of diverse files. However, it is noteworthy that drivers letter is still likely to get lost, for instance, user suddenly find that they can not see some partitions which previously exist on the disk. When facing this circumstance, user should better employ third-party partition magic software to set driver letters. Moreover, the partition magic software, MiniTool Partition Wizard for example, can still help perform other advanced disk management operations and manage disk partitions properly.

    What is driver letter?
    Driver letter is identifier of disk storage devices on DOS and Windows operating system and identified with 26 English letters plus a :. On earlier PC, there were generally two floppy disk drivers: "A:" and "B:". Then with the popularization of large volume disks, floppy disk gradually quits the stage of history and the current driver letter starts with "C:". Driver letter is specified when a partition is created and user can change driver letters depending on personal needs. But note that the driver letters must by the 26 English letters from "A" to "Z". The purpose of setting driver letter is to let user better manage partition data and make the data access more convenient and ordered.

    Set driver letter with MiniTool Partition Wizard
    User could free download MiniTool Partition Wizard at the official website http://www.partitionwizard.com and not installing this partition magic software to partition which is to be operated is strongly recommended.
    Launch MiniTool Partition Wizard to set driver letter:



    Select and right click the partition missing driver letter and then click "Change Letter".



    In this window user could see the partition has none driver letter currently, click the down-pointed menu at "New Drive Letter" column and select a desired letter for this driver, then click "OK".



    Last, click "Apply" to execute pending operation and then the driver would have a letter.