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The permanent letter tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about assigning and retaining a fixed drive letter for external storage devices in Windows. Users report issues where an external drive, such as one used for samples, changes its assigned letter (e.g., R:) after being connected to different computers or after periods of disconnection. The tag includes troubleshooting steps like using Disk Management to manually set a drive letter, but users seek a more permanent solution that persists across reboots and system changes. Common themes involve USB drives, multiple PCs, and the challenge of maintaining consistent drive mappings in Windows environments.
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Windows 10 Cannot get External Drive to retain same letter permanently (R:)
I have had this issue for awhile am I cannot find a permanent solution. I have an external drive that I use across computers for samples and I can never get it to stay at the same letter (R:), forcing me to change it in the disk manager each time it happens. It can stay on the drive letter for...- thevisi0nary
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