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<blockquote data-quote="druffski" data-source="post: 177034" data-attributes="member: 50164">I've mapped my USB HDD as a single drive letter, so it always shows up as F:. In your situation, had another device taken the F: drive mapping?One (possible) way around it is to use Disk Management so that the USB HDD gets assigned the same letter each time.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Plug in the USB HDD</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Select Disk Management (under the Storage link)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">The drive should show up in here as &quot;Removable&quot; (ignore the top entry, this would be your boot HDD)</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Right click on it and select &quot;Change Drive Letter and Paths&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Highlight the drive letter and press &quot;Change&quot;</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Change the drive letter to what it should be</li>
</ol>Now this should take effect from now on. I make this change at work for USB dongles that must run from a certain drive letter and it works most times.Give it a go, and all should be good.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="druffski, post: 177034, member: 50164"] I've mapped my USB HDD as a single drive letter, so it always shows up as F:. In your situation, had another device taken the F: drive mapping? One (possible) way around it is to use Disk Management so that the USB HDD gets assigned the same letter each time. [LIST=1] [*]Plug in the USB HDD [*]Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management [*]Select Disk Management (under the Storage link) [*]The drive should show up in here as "Removable" (ignore the top entry, this would be your boot HDD) [*]Right click on it and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths" [*]Highlight the drive letter and press "Change" [*]Change the drive letter to what it should be [/LIST] Now this should take effect from now on. I make this change at work for USB dongles that must run from a certain drive letter and it works most times. Give it a go, and all should be good. [/QUOTE]

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