Assigning / mapping hard drive letters in Windows XP

Do a google search for "assign usb drive letters", but you basically get the following instructions. I used Windows XP.

Note this technique works for external hard drives that are currently mounted.

1. Right-click: My Computer -> Manage
   or
   Start Menu -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tasks -> Computer Management
2. In the Computer Management window left pane, left click on Disk Management. (You may need to open / expand the "Storage" item in the left pane.
3. Find the disk partition in the bottom right pane that you want to assign a different drive letter. Right--click on that partition, which should have the undesired drive letter and typically has the words "NTFS... Healthy". Choose the option to "Change Drive Letter and Paths ..."
4. Fill in the desired drive letter and you are done. This mapping should persist in the future too.

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