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Change the drive letter of a hard disk.

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loulou186 Posted messages 18 Status Member -  
 Chayan_R -
Hello

Following a repair, the letter of my NON-SYSTEM hard drive has changed, which is causing a lot of disruption as the programs can no longer locate it.

I'm trying to change my hard drive from E: to D:

I'm doing the usual steps (managing hard disks... modifying the letter... Warning, some programs are using...). Then I get the message: "Incorrect parameter"

So I am unable to change this letter.

Does anyone have a solution?

Thank you in advance.

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    phil2k Posted messages 10841 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 339
     
    You need to remove the paging file to modify the drive letter.

    Control Panel, System, Advanced system settings.
    In System Properties, Performance, Settings, Advanced.
    Virtual Memory, Change,

    For E:, No paging file, Set
    For C:, set to 1.5 GB, Set
    then OK, OK ...

    Restart
    Change the letter

    Set the paging file to D: (formerly E:)

    --
    "If there is no solution, there is no problem"
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    1. Chayan_R
       
      Hello
      I have a problem with my PC, I can only modify the base OS. How can I modify my external hard drive?
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  2. Edawards Posted messages 16906 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 979
     
    Good evening,
    Read this:

    http://www.google.fr/...

    --
    Life is not a river but just a crossing.*
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  3. loulou186 Posted messages 18 Status Member
     
    Already tried. I can't get into safe mode.
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  4. Anonymous user
     
    Hello,
    What repair did you perform on this PC?
    Open the Disk Management window in full size and take a screenshot.
    Upload it here: https://www.cjoint.com/ and copy/paste the generated link in a message below.
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  6. loulou186 Posted messages 18 Status Member
     
    https://www.cjoint.com/c/CLzmR3QJMUu
    This is the disk management window

    And here is what displays if I try to change the letter
    https://www.cjoint.com/c/CLzmWkrK50Y
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    1. Anonymous user
       
      RE
      You did not respond, what repair did you perform?
      Then, the second DD is marked as active, what does it contain? I assume you had moved system files onto it, there is the swap file.
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  7. loulou186 Posted messages 18 Status Member
     
    I did not make the repair. But it seems that the technician performed a firmware update on the SSG that contains the system (drive C:). He also changed the battery.

    On the second drive (identified as E:), I have put my user files (my documents, my music ...), the programs (Office, games ...).

    I don't know what the swap file you mentioned is. Normally, it's the south drive that contains the system.
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  8. loulou186 Posted messages 18 Status Member
     
    Well done, it was the winning combination.

    Thank you
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  9. khalillavfoot Posted messages 1 Status Member
     
    Is there an initial size and a maximum size?
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