http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/driveletter Questions tagged with 'driveletter' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:18:44 -0800 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:18:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/57899/External%2Dhard%2Ddrive%2Dhas%2Dsplit%2Dpersonality Why does the drive letter for my external hard drive keep changing? I have a Seagate external hard drive hooked up to my Dell Dimension 8400 PC running Windows XP Media Center SP2. Occasionally, the drive letter for the Seagate will change for no apparent reason. I'm using <a href="http://www.memeo.com/">Memeo</a> backup, and since Memeo is currently looking for an E: drive and the Seagate has decided to be the J: drive, nothing is getting backed up. Previously I've sighed and created a new backup plan on the current drive letter, but this is getting old and isn't solving the problem. Does anyone have an idea why my hard drive has a split personality? Is it something with the drive, or with my computer? I've had the drive for 15 months and the computer for about two and a half years. I started using Memeo about a year ago. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.57899 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:18:44 -0800 drive driveletter external harddrive HD letter seagate Joleta