Many MS-DOS-based and Windows-based programs make references to a specific drive letter (for example, environment variables). You will not be able to change the boot or system drive letter in this manner.

Click Change, click Assign the following drive letter, click the drive letter you want to assign, and then click OK.

Right-click the drive or device you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.

CD-ROM drives are listed at the bottom of the pane. In the right pane, you’ll see your drives listed.

Under Computer Management, click Disk Management.

Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.

When you want to change drive letters, follow these steps: However, this assignment might not suit your system for example, you might have mapped a network drive to the same letter that Windows assigns to a new drive. When you add drives to your computer, such as an extra hard drive, a CD drive, or a storage device that corresponds to a drive, Windows automatically assigns letters to the drives.

Change drive letter and paths