Don’t like the letters assigned to your drives in Windows?

Use theDisk Managementtool in Windows to change drive letters.

These steps apply toWindows XPand newerversions of Windows.

Power User menu in Windows 10, showing Disk Management menu item

On most computers, this is usually theCdrive.

Right-click or tap-and-hold the drive and chooseChange Drive Letter and Paths.

ChooseYesto theSome programs that rely on drive letters might not run correctly.

Change Drive Letter and Paths… right-click menu item in Windows 10 Disk Management app

Do you want to continue?question.

If you have software installed to this drive, itmightstop working properly after changing the drive letter.

See details on this in the section below.

Change button in Change Drive Letter and Paths window

The drive letter is different from the volume label.

You canchange the volume label using similar steps.

Change, Don’t Switch

There’s no built-in way toswitchdrive letters between two drives in Windows.

Drive letter drop down menu in Change Drive Letter and Paths dialog box

For example, let’s say you’d like to swap DriveAfor DriveB.

Using the Command Prompt

it’s possible for you to alsochange the drive letter from Command Prompt.

Yes button for “Some programs that rely on drive letters might not run correctly. Do you want to continue?” message