This article explains how to change the drive letters of restored or cloned partitions during and after the restore or clone process. |
Windows maintains driver letter persistence by storing a reference to each mounted volume and drive letter in the system registry using the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices |
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Note: When restoring using the Windows PE rescue media, the letters assigned to restored partitions are temporary for that Windows PE session only. When you boot into the restored system, drive letter assignments will be exactly the same as they were when the image was created. |
In the 'Partition Properties' dialog click the 'Drive Letter' combo box:
Property | Description |
---|---|
Auto | Let Windows automatically assign the next available drive letter |
None | No drive letter will be assigned to the restored partition |
Letter | Select a drive letter to use from thie list of free letters. The original drive letter will be selected by default. |
Windows ships with a utility to maintain local drives and partitions called the Windows Disk Management Console (DMC). Using the DMC you can easily change the drive letters assigned to any partition on your system, (except for your system drive C:),
To start the Windows Disk Management Console
Click 'Start' or press the Windows Key, Type the following and press enter:
diskmgmt.msc |
See also:
Restoring and browsing
Restoring an image from Windows
Restoring a system image
Modifying restored paritition properties