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It may seem a small thing, but "E" is always my internal data drive, and "F" my external backup. Then higher letters get used with flash drives and what not. SD cards, for example, or temporary hookups like the 3rd SSD I mentioned above. At my age, keeping things consistent and orderly between my computers, and not to mention the rest of my household, helps!

When I go into Win 10 Pro Disk Management, to rename "G", "E" does not show up as available. Nor does "F". Those drives are not physically in the machine any more, yet, their "memory" (I know, it's an awful pun) can't be purged: I tried going into the Registry to delete the registry keys for the unused drive letters, and when I reboot, they magically reappear in the Registry! Maybe they need to be deleted in the BIOS (actually UEFI), but I quite frankly don't see how to do that.

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1 posted on 07/14/2023 6:57:40 PM PDT by Paul R.

I’ll post about Acronis later — don’t want to muddy these waters just yet... ;-)

2 posted on 07/14/2023 6:59:51 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)

I’ve seen the suggestion, but not yet tried, editing in the registry the presently unusable drive letter “F” to, say “Q”, which might free up “F”?

4 posted on 07/14/2023 7:11:11 PM PDT by Paul R. (You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)

My suggestion would be to disconnect the SSD & reboot the computer. Then turn off computer & put it back in. Turn back on & see what happens. Maybe the cloning software did something weird.

5 posted on 07/14/2023 7:18:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )

You mean the drive letters you want are not being used, but are not available?:

6 posted on 07/14/2023 7:33:52 PM PDT by daniel1212 (As a damned+destitute sinner turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves souls on His acct + b baptized 2 obey)

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