Cant change Hard Drive letter on Windows 7.

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BrownieTopper

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So my External HDD is not showing up in "Computer" but i can see it in "Device manager". I looked on the internet how to solve that and a lot of people say that i should change my Hard Drive letter and when i got to "Computer Manager" and right click on the drive the "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." it is in grey and i cant click it. I tried to run "Computer Management" as an Administrator but that doesn't solve the problem. Any help is appreciated.
 
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Phillip Corcoran

Phillip Corcoran

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Test the drive first to check it's state of health. Test it with "SeaTools for Windows", it doesn't matter what make the drive is:
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/seatools-win-master/

Testing the hard drive should always be the first thing you do when a drive starts misbehaving. Otherwise you could be scratching your head for days trying to find out what's wrong.
 
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I already fixed it. Just deleted the volume and made a new one and set a new letter. Thanks for the answer anyway.
 
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