Whenever you install a new drive (hard disk,optical, etc.) or plug in a removable device such as a flash drive or camera, Windows assigns the device a drive letter. If you have previously used the removable device, for the most part, you should get the same drive letter. If you have the need to change drive letters you can do this through Disk Management in your Administrative Tools, but a much easier solution is to use the Nirsoft utility DriveLetterView.
DriveLetterView is a simple utility that allows you to view the list of all drive letter assignments in your system, including local drives, remote network drives, CD/DVD drives, and USB drives – even if they are not currently plugged. It also allows you to easily change a drive letter of USB devices and remote network shares, as well as to delete a drive letter of USB device that is not plugged. You can also use DriveLetterView to export the list of all drives into text/csv/html/xml file.
A nice feature of this utility is the ability to view and change drive letters of devices which are not current available (i.e. flash drives which are not plugged in). As with all the Nirsoft utilities, this applications is completely portable so it might make a nice addition to your toolbox.
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