Windows 10 Creators update (1703) is still buggy.
As you may be aware, Windows 10 1703 now recognises all partitions on Removable USB drives and attempts to mount them.
Sometimes it will assign a drive letter to each partition (and sometimes not!).
The Disk management console however still only shows one volume and one drive letter for the Removable drive even if it has multiple partitions.
Also DiskPart only lists one volume on a multi-partition USB drive.
If Windows assigns a drive letter to the 2nd partition, the letter cannot be changed or removed.
E2B v1.93A includes a new version of RMPartUSB which attempts to force Windows to assign all the USB drive partitions with a drive letter.
This should prevent the format that is done by RMPartUSB from failing and then prompting you to assign a drive letter manually.
P.S. If you are having problems changing the drive letter of a volume on a Removable USB drive because the letter is not listed by Disk Management or DiskPart, I have written a ChangeLetter.cmd script which you can download here (in Alternate Downloads areas). It only works on Removable USB drives and you must run the .cmd file which then runs the .vbs script as admin.
As you may be aware, Windows 10 1703 now recognises all partitions on Removable USB drives and attempts to mount them.
Sometimes it will assign a drive letter to each partition (and sometimes not!).
The Disk management console however still only shows one volume and one drive letter for the Removable drive even if it has multiple partitions.
Also DiskPart only lists one volume on a multi-partition USB drive.
If Windows assigns a drive letter to the 2nd partition, the letter cannot be changed or removed.
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| Explorer view of Removable USB drive with two primary partitions F: and J: |
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| Disk Management console (where is F: ???) |
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| Disk Management Console (Disk 4 Partition 2 has no drive letter!) |
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| DiskPart - where is volume F: ??? |
This should prevent the format that is done by RMPartUSB from failing and then prompting you to assign a drive letter manually.
P.S. If you are having problems changing the drive letter of a volume on a Removable USB drive because the letter is not listed by Disk Management or DiskPart, I have written a ChangeLetter.cmd script which you can download here (in Alternate Downloads areas). It only works on Removable USB drives and you must run the .cmd file which then runs the .vbs script as admin.
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