My external hard drive changed its name from E: to F: how do I change it back,?

hi

on xp

right click on my computer, select manage

on the left side go to disk management in storage section

here u can change drive letter

To assign a drive letter to a drive, a partition, or a volume, follow these steps: 1. Log on as Administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.

2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Performance and Maintenance.

Note If you do not see Performance and Maintenance, go to step 3. Performance and Maintenance appears in Control Panel only if you use Category view. If you use Classic view, Performance and Maintenance does not appear.

3. Click Administrative Tools, double-click Computer Management, and then click Disk Management in the left pane.

4. Right-click the drive, the partition, the logical drive, or the volume that you want to assign a drive letter to, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.

5. Click Add.

6. Click Assign the following drive letter if it is not already selected, and then either accept the default drive letter or click the drive letter that you want to use.

7. Click OK.

ENJOY................

Right-click My Computer, choose Manage and then choose Disk Management. You'll see several disks (0, 1, 2, etc): the system drive (C:), the CD or DVD drive and your external. RIght click on the external drive and choose Change drive letter and paths and assign it to E:. However, if one of the other drives you have shown there is currently using E:, that would explain why it's now F:.