Solved Unable to reassign drive letters since 24H2


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I was moving my Steam games install files to a bigger hard disk and ran into an issue. When I emptied the old drive to the new one, I tried reassigning the old drive (Drive F:) to a new letter, with the intent of changing the bigger drive to drive F: Disk Management went through the procedure, but after it gave me the warning about some software not working, etc. up popped a window saying "Bad parameter". I am thus unable to reassign the drive letter via Windows.

I know I can do it with Diskpart in a command window (maybe) but I am a little nervous about doing it that way. I reassigned my Steam games to Drive E: which is the bigger drive, so I guess the question is moot. A month ago I reassigned a drive letter under 23H2 with no issues, so I can't figure this out. Has anyone seen a bug report about reassigning drive letters? I am unable to find one.
 
Windows Build/Version
Win 11 Pro 24H2

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System One

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    Win 11 Pro 23H2
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    Self build
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    Intel i7 13700KF
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    Gigabyte Z790 UD AC
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Catnip said:
I was moving my Steam games install files to a bigger hard disk and ran into an issue. When I emptied the old drive to the new one, I tried reassigning the old drive (Drive F:) to a new letter, with the intent of changing the bigger drive to drive F: Disk Management went through the procedure, but after it gave me the warning about some software not working, etc. up popped a window saying "Bad parameter". I am thus unable to reassign the drive letter via Windows.

I know I can do it with Diskpart in a command window (maybe) but I am a little nervous about doing it that way. I reassigned my Steam games to Drive E: which is the bigger drive, so I guess the question is moot. A month ago I reassigned a drive letter under 23H2 with no issues, so I can't figure this out. Has anyone seen a bug report about reassigning drive letters? I am unable to find one.
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Hi, certainly reads like an problem.

If it were me and I was anxious or in need to complete this, I would use a free disk management software to accomplish the changing of the drive letter. Something like Minitool or AOMEI. Then delv deeper into this issue after it. Perhaps run CHKDSK and DISM’S/SFC
 

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    HP
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    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
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The above recommendation is good but if you want a simple, portable Drive letter changing tool I'd recommend Sodum's Drive Letter Changer.
It's simple & works. Drive Letter Changer v1.4

Sordum is a very similar software site to nirsoft but imo better if only for the consistency of theme & portability. Try not to download their entire roster of utilities, they're so very useful it's a challenge not to.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 11, Linux Mint
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    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor 4.20 GHz
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    MSi B650 mag tomahawk wifi
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    Corsair Vengence 32 GB. 6200mhz DDR5 / CL32
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    MSi 4070 ti Super
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    LG32" + 2x LG 24"
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    3840 x 2160 / 2x 1920 x 1080
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    2x Corsair m.2 2tb, 1x Sandisk ssd 1tb, 1x Western Digital Blue 2tb 1x Western Digital Black 1tb.
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    Corsair 850 RX
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    Fractal Design 7
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    Corsair k95 (Cherry mx Brown)
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    Corsair Scimitar
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    40 mbps
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    Opera GX
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    Defender

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 24H2
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    Laptop
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    LG
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    i7 Ultra
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    16GB
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    Intel
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Look for a System Volume Information folder on an External drive, I delete it.
 

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    Win11 Pro RTM
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 3400
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 11th Gen. 2.40GHz
    Memory
    12GB
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD NVMe M.2
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro RTM x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Vostro 5890
    CPU
    Intel Core i5 10th Gen. 2.90GHz
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Onboard, no VGA, using a DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter
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    24" Dell
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    512GB SSD NVMe, 4TB Seagate HDD
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    Firefox, Edge
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    Windows Defender/Microsoft Security
Morph000 said:
Is the page file on the same drive?

Fix: The parameter is incorrect when changing drive letter in Windows 10 | Password Recovery

To fix the The parameter is incorrect issue in Windows 10, you need to temporarily disable paging files on the drive which you want to change drive letter for.
www.top-password.com www.top-password.com
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Don't ask me how, but there was indeed a page file on that drive. I got rid of it and I was able to change the drive letter. All is now right with the world.

Thank you very much!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 11 Pro 23H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Intel i7 13700KF
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z790 UD AC
    Memory
    32 GB Team Group DDR5 - 6000 CL 30
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 3070 Ti
    Sound Card
    On board Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung 32 inch curved - one 4K, one 1080p
    Screen Resolution
    4K, 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    1 TB Samsung 980 Pro Nvme, 1 TB Samsung 970 EVO Nvme, 2 x Samsung 970 2TB SSD SATA
    PSU
    EVGA 1000Q
    Case
    Rosewill something or other
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15. A whole schwak of Noctua case fans. $$$
    Keyboard
    Logitech G815
    Mouse
    Logitech G502 Hero
    Internet Speed
    700 up, 600 down
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    MalwareBytes
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