How to Fix Same Double Driver Showing in Windows 10 Explorer [Tutorial]

How to Fix Same Double Driver Showing in Windows 10 Explorer [Tutorial]

Drive letters are not assigned at format time, and yes, they can be changed. In fact, it’s quite easy to change them.

It’s a somewhat rare problem, but on occasion, Windows might display the same hard disk or partition twice using different drive letters. Thankfully, there’s usually a simple solution.

This is almost always the result of either a user or program having created a virtual drive that maps to your real drive. These virtual drives are not like drives created with virtual software, but something more like a shortcut or symbolic link that just points one location to another. The virtual drive doesn’t show up in the Disk Management tool (because it isn’t a real drive), but you can remove it using the Command Prompt. Here’s how.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems. Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).