Can not Change drive letter Windows 7

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The error message "disk Management console view not up to date" comes up everytime I try to change the drive letter for an external USB hard drive. I tried diskpart but it only lists drives with letters.

OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

Version 6.1.7600 Build 7600

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name DAD-PC

System Manufacturer System manufacturer

System Model System Product Name

System Type X86-based PC

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 975 @ 3.33GHz, 3334 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0707, 8/18/2009

SMBIOS Version 2.5

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7600.16385"

User Name Dad-PC\Dad

Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 12.0 GB

Total Physical Memory 1.49 GB

Available Physical Memory 655 MB

Total Virtual Memory 2.98 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.40 GB

Page File Space 1.49 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

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Anonymous

Hello,

Hello TestPantaloon,

You must be logged on as an administrator to perform these steps.

If you don't like the letter Windows has assigned to a new drive or you want to organize your drive letters in a certain way, you can change the drive letter.You can assign the letters C through Z to each drive on your computer. A and B are usually reserved for floppy disk drives, but if your computer does not have floppy disk drives, you can assign A and B to volumes. You can see which drive letters are used on your computer by opening Computer.


<br>		•	Open Computer by clicking the<br>Start button, and then clicking Computer.	<br>	---	---

You can change, add, or remove a drive letter by using Computer Management.


			<br>1. <br>Open Computer Management by clicking the<br>Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking<br>Computer Management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.	<br>	---	---	<br>		<br>2. <br>In the Navigation pane, click<br>Disk Management.	<br>		<br>3. <br>Right-click the partition or drive that you want to change, and then click<br>Change Drive Letter and Paths.	<br>		<br>4. <br>Do one of the following:<br><br><br><br>	•	To assign a drive letter if one has not already been assigned, click<br>Add, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.	<br>	---	---	<br>	•	To change a drive letter, click<br>Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the letter that you want to use, and then click<br>OK.	<br>	•	To remove a drive letter, click<br>Remove, and then click Yes to confirm that you want to remove it.

Once you have done this, look in Computer, now simply right click to create a shortcut from there and it will put it on the desktop!

Hope this helps you. Let us know either way. Make it a great day!

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Anonymous

2010-09-17T09:32:41+00:00

Go to Device Manager...Go to View....Show Hidden Devices...Under Storage Volumes there will be an "Unknown Device" ...Right click and DELETE it.

Now go back to Explorer or MY Computer and see if your drive is there. Mine was there and working just fine. It also showed in Disk Manager with a drive letter and no more Console view not up to date. Hope this works for everyone else having the same problem.

I signed up just so I could propose this as an answer. I had a couple legacy devices plugged in for a dual-boot, and figured this was simply one of them that wasn't available in Win7, and just ignored it. Little did I suspect it was the root of my problems getting my thumb drive to recognize. Thanks for the assist, Tony!
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Anonymous

2010-09-14T21:38:23+00:00

Ok, here is what worked for me:

Go to Device Manager...Go to View....Show Hidden Devices...Under Storage Volumes there will be an "Unknown Device" ...Right click and DELETE it.

Now go back to Explorer or MY Computer and see if your drive is there. Mine was there and working just fine. It also showed in Disk Manager with a drive letter and no more Console view not up to date. Hope this works for everyone else having the same problem.
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Anonymous

2010-09-11T17:02:13+00:00

Ok, sorry for the comment but this same problem has now been going on for over a YEAR and STILL no answer. Can you HELP?
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Anonymous

2010-08-13T03:11:39+00:00

I have the exact same issue. I think microsoft needs to make a fix, but for a quick work around so you can still use your memory sticks, I do this:

Open Disk Management

Insert the Memory stick

Now it is listed below, Right click on the LEFT column (disk #)

click properties

Click top tab drivers

click disable

click enable,

Now it should be listed at top with a drive letter and should also be seen in explorer (my computer window)

HTH
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