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Assigning a drive letter in windows – SIIG 104-0487A User Manual

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4.

You can now unplug the hard disk.

Note: When reconnecting a Disabled hard disk, it

must be enabled, otherwise, it will not work

properly in Windows. To enable the hard disk,

follow steps 1-3. At step #3, select Enable.

Assigning a Drive Letter in Windows

Windows may not assign a drive letter to a hard drive

enclosure that was partitioned and formatted in a different

computer. If this happens when you connect your

enclosure, follow the directions below to assign it a drive

letter. The steps, written from Windows Server 2003, are

similar in all Windows versions.

1.

Right click My Computer, click Manage, click Disk

Management. In this window look for a Healthy

disk without a name and drive letter assigned to it,

See Figure 2 below.

Figure 2