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    From Mike Halmarack@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 2 15:54:53 2022
    I have 3 PCs on a Win 10 network. One PC had to be restored from a
    backup.
    This meant that the shared drive letters on the restored PC were not
    compatible with the other 2 PCs, so I went about changing them in Disk Management.
    There are 3 partitions which were D, E, F, needing to become P, Q, R
    P came out OK. Q got stuck in a loop and R came Out OK.
    Q eventually got a message saying it would be fixed after restart.
    It wasn't though, it showed up with no drive letter in Disk Management
    after restart.
    When I tried to change it's drive letter the process for changing it
    wouldn't respond. Also, that particular partition that was now neither
    E or Q no longer showed up in the drive list in Windows.
    Any advice on this?
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    Mike

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Halmarack on Fri Dec 2 18:13:06 2022
    On 02/12/2022 in message <2o6koh91tsauln8aoh0jaldko4kef7jqd6@4ax.com> Mike Halmarack wrote:

    E or Q no longer showed up in the drive list in Windows.
    Any advice on this?

    I would be inclined to download Mini Tool Partition Wizard:

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

    It's free and gives a more friendly graphical representation of what is
    going on which may help diagnosis. It also allows changing of drive letters.

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Every day is a good day for chicken, unless you're a chicken.

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  • From Mike Halmarack@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 2 19:15:40 2022
    On 2 Dec 2022 18:13:06 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:

    On 02/12/2022 in message <2o6koh91tsauln8aoh0jaldko4kef7jqd6@4ax.com> Mike >Halmarack wrote:

    E or Q no longer showed up in the drive list in Windows.
    Any advice on this?

    I would be inclined to download Mini Tool Partition Wizard:

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

    It's free and gives a more friendly graphical representation of what is
    going on which may help diagnosis. It also allows changing of drive letters.

    Thanks, I'll give it a go.
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    Mike

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  • From Mike Halmarack@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 3 11:10:47 2022
    On 2 Dec 2022 18:13:06 GMT, "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
    wrote:

    I would be inclined to download Mini Tool Partition Wizard:

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

    It's free and gives a more friendly graphical representation of what is
    going on which may help diagnosis. It also allows changing of drive letters.

    Worked a treat. Now all I need to do is make my data archives as
    minimalist as my physical environs.
    Then, sell a bunch of external drives on eBay. It may take some time
    to empty them though.
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    Mike

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