Change 'drive' that itunes looks on?
Ok here is my problem. All my music, videos, and some other things are stored on an external HDD. I don't always turn it on but when I do it comes up on my computer as drive E: I just turned my drive on and for some reason it is showing up as drive F: not E: There is nothing else attached to my computer right now, the drives go C: (internal HDD), D: (CDRW/DVD combo), and then F: it totally skips E: for some reason which I don't see why.
I have tried to reconnect the drive and restart my computer but the drive still comes up at drive F: Is there a way to change the drive itunes will look on since all my files are on the same one. Or does anyone know a way to change the drive designation within windows? Or do I have to reload everything, I would not like to do that since I would have to redo lots of settings on tons of videos and other stuff to get them to sort properly.
problem solved, I found how to change the drive letter manually.
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Thanks!pbay wrote:
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