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The assigned driv letter is valid on the machine that you assign it on only. On the oher machines it will get the first vacant drive letter automatically. So yes assign it.
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The assigned driv letter is valid on the machine that you assign it on only. On the oher machines it will get the first vacant drive letter automatically. So yes assign it.

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It seems that lots of questions deal with assigning drive letters to external hard drives that will *stick*. &nbsp; That's NOT what this question is about.... :-)<br />
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I am partitioning external hard drives to less than 2TB to support Windows 7 disk imaging.<br />
When I do this, I Shrink the volume and then select New Simple Volume.<br />
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In the New Simple Volume wizard, it gives the opportunity to assign a drive letter or not.<br />
Since this is an external drive that will move around between computers, which is the better selection or does it matter? &nbsp;I don't think that I care what drive letters are assigned when it's plugged in.
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It seems that lots of questions deal with assigning drive letters to external hard drives that will *stick*.   That's NOT what this question is about.... :-)

I am partitioning external hard drives to less than 2TB to support Windows 7 disk imaging.
When I do this, I Shrink the volume and then select New Simple Volume.

In the New Simple Volume wizard, it gives the opportunity to assign a drive letter or not.
Since this is an external drive that will move around between computers, which is the better selection or does it matter?  I don't think that I care what drive letters are assigned when it's plugged in.

Windows 7 External Hard Drive Partition / New Simple Volume / Assign Drive Leter or Not?

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