How do I access the slave drive in my new computer running Windows 7?
by gpspirit3400 on June 21, 2013Q: I have recently built my own custom PC, running Windows 7 and possessing both a master and slave drive. I would like to know how to access my photo file from my desktop that is stored on my slave drive.
Tags: hard drive, Windows 7
How are the drives connected in the computer? It should show up if you do into disk manager within the control panel. It may require you to assign a drive letter to it. After you do so you will see the drive show up in “Computer”.
You can change, add, or remove a drive letter by using Computer Management.
Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, clicking Administrative Tools, and then double-clicking Computer Management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
In the Navigation pane, click Disk Management.
Right-click the partition or drive that you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
Do one of the following:
To assign a drive letter if one has not already been assigned, click Add, click the letter that you want to use, and then click OK.
The above was taken from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter
fletcha (Major Geek) says: on June 24, 2013 at 8:47 am
Dear Madam or Sir:
To perhaps make clearer: My Master SSD is “C,” and my Slave Hard Drive is “E.” The photo file that I have a desktop icon for is located on the Hard Drive “E.” However, when I attempt to access it from the desktop icon by double-clicking, this is what I get: “Location is not available.”
gpspirit3400 (Newbie) says: on June 24, 2013 at 5:25 pm