SyncToy problem; drive letter changes

[Guest]

OK, I've got a Dell with Windows XP Media Center. I've been using SyncToy for
a while now to backup music, photos and other files/documents on an external
USB hard drive.

Up until today the sychronizing worked fine, with the hard drive assigned
the F drive letter.

But now Windows apparently assigned a new drive letter (G) to the external
drive. (Probably the result of inserting a photo card reader and/or an ipod
in other USB ports.)

All the folder pairs don't work now.

What can I do to resolve this? Is there a way to reassign the F letter to
the external drive?

Do I have to delete what's on the external drive and create all new folder
pairs? (This option seems foolish because the drive letter assignment could
change again.)

Ugh!

 

[scGram]

Go to Control Panel, performance and maintance, administrative tools,
computer management, storage, disk management.

You can right click on your drive and select "change drive letter and paths"

You'll have to reassign the letter for whatever is using the f drive now.
Then you can reassign your external drive back to the f drive.

Hope this is what you needed.

 

[Guest]

That was exactly what I needed. You're a godsend. Thanks a bunch.

 

[scGram]

You're Welcome Matt ...

 

[frodo]

for future reference:

when you first get an external HD and first plug it in, use the stated
procedure to change its drive letter to a LATE letter, like w,x,y or z.
Then it'll stay that way even if you get something else in the future like
a usb keyfob drive or mp3 player w/ disk capability.