How to Recover a Logical Drive

A logical drive differs from a physical drive in that the drive letter can be reassigned at will. A logical drive is typically a secondary partition on a primary hard drive. When new logical drives are discovered by Windows, they usually receive the next available letter in the alphabet as their drive letter. However, in cases where Windows does not automatically assign a drive letter, or the drive letter no longer appears, the logical drive is recoverable.

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  Click on the "Start" button in the lower left corner of the screen.

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  Right-click "Computer" and click "Manage."

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  Click the "Disk Management" section.

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  Right-click the partition you wish to assign a drive letter to. Click "Change Drive Letter and Paths..." Windows must always show a "C:" partition, but any other existing partitions can be assigned a different drive letter.

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  Click the "Add" button to create a new drive letter for this partition. If the partition already has a drive letter, click "Change" to change which drive letter represents this partition. Click the "OK" button when finished.