Computer and Software Support


Drive letter not showing in My Computer

The drive is not showing up in my computer as a drive letter. Do the following

  1. Click on Start
  2. Right click on My Computer
  3. Select Manage
  4. Click on Disk Management
  5. In the right hand window you should see all of your drives with their drive letter. (Assuming you have one Internal hard drive and CD-ROM, you should see a C: and a D:)
  6. If you see another drive listed but without a drive letter, do the following
    1. Right click the drive and select Drive Letter and Paths
    2. Click the Change button
    3. Select a Drive letter
    4. Click OK
  7. Check My Computer and see if the drive is listed.
  8. If the drives still doesn't show, Try Deleting the CD-ROM, Try Deleting Hard Drive (click on them for instructions)
  9. If it still not listed, you may have to erase the partition and start over. (Be sure to save your files before you do, it will erase everything on the drive)