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Can't change drive letter to previously used drive
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Mar 15, 202619799 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I recently upgraded my D: data drive to a larger one, like so: installed the new drive as E: copied all the files from D:\ to E:\ using powered off the PC, removed the D: drive permanently However, I can't change the E: drive back to D: -- that is, when I try to change the letter in Disk Manager th…
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Fix for: Can't change drive letter to previously used drive
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For some reason, Windows likes to reserve drive letters it previously saw. This information is stored in the registry at Simply delete the registry key of the unused drive letter at , then restart, and you'll be able to re-use the desired drive lett…
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