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    G73: Imaged and swapped 2nd HDD for SSD - Now drive letters changed and won't change back!

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Me109K6, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. Me109K6

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    Once again I come to the many wise ones here with something I did wrong. I had no problem replacing my first HDD with an SSD a year ago. But this time, the image was not perfect and/or the OS decided to change the drive letters. Some programs disappeared - but were still installed. My Desktop is no longer an option for places to save documents to. I tried to find a way to change back the drive letters, but it won't let me. Help - how do I go back and set this right? Then there's the issue of not having 2 drives with the same letter on the machine - even for a second! :confused:
     
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    Control Panel -> System and Security -> Administrative Tasks -> Create and format hard disk partitions -> Right click the drive -> Change drive letter and paths..

    Hope this helps.
     
    Yiddo, Sep 13, 2011
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    Thanks, Dallers - that's what I was doing and it would not allow it, saying something like parameter is incorrect.

    After more searches online, I discovered that the OS wouldn't let me change that disk because the page file was on it! So I held my breath and successfully changed the page file to a partition that wasn't swapped - and voila!

    I was able to change the drive letter, everything magically reappeared on my desktop and all is well (for now) in my universe. :eek:
     
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    Glad to see your more intelligent than me what I said was pretty basic :D

    Glad you got it sorted!
     
    Yiddo, Sep 14, 2011
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