Spanners' Tutorials - Where's my USB drive? Assign a new drive letter.

Ever plugged a USB flash drive, removable hard drive, SD card, camera, phone or other external storage device into a PC and not found it coming up in (My) Computer? Chances are it's tried to take a drive letter (F:/, G:/ etc) that's already assigned to another device or partitioned space.

This tutorial will show you how to find the storage device you've plugged in, change the drive letter and let you access the contents of that device.

If you find this helpful, rate and comment. This is part of a series of tutorials to help you out with your PC or Mac computer.

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[o0oMemorieso0o]

the manage window doesnt open for me ) :

[SpannersTV]

@o0oMemorieso0o Are you on a computer that you have full admin rights to? If you're on a work computer, your administrator might have restricted access to Management.

[jets188]

i clicked manage on my computer then disk managment but i could not find my usb there why is that?

[SpannersTV]

@jets188 Either the USB is formatted to Mac (not compatible) or is faulty. And sometimes security features can stop it showing up until you've completed an action, like a login or something.

[tenthlobbyhacks]

i cant find me sd card for my laptop or pc

[SpannersTV]

@tenthlobbyhacks The principle is exactly the same. You should be able to right click My Computer or Computer and choose Manage and then go to Disk Management and see if your SD Card is available. If the SD card is damaged or formatted for Mac it may not work, and you may need to format it. Hope this helps. Let me know how you go!

[jaericful]

the same problem my Removable G: Cannot determined i click also disk management thiers no G:files on it , AND AND I try to click C DRIVE AND DETERMINE ..ADD, BROWSE THIRES NO G: to find .. anybody can help us .. pls.reply ur answer on this comment.. thank u 

[oXoDieseLoXo]

Did all that but the option for "change drive letter and paths" is not there. Only option is properties. Any ideas?

[rockband108]

I LOVE YOU! :)

[whiteCourier]

thx this save my day :)