Actually its not a problem. Its a feature present in Windows Vista and 7. Windows Vista and 7 allow you to show or hide drive letters in Windows Explorer.
Although its a feature, it might create problems sometimes as mentioned above. It becomes really hard to distinguish between drives as you can't see drive letters.
Following is a screenshot of this problem when drive letters are not showing in Windows Explorer:
To fix the issue, you just need to follow these simple steps:
1. Open Windows Explorer, click on "Organize" button in command bar and select "Folder and search options".
2. Now go to "View" tab, scroll down a little bit and you'll see an option "Show drive letters" as shown in following screenshot:
3. It would be unchecked, enable the option and click on Apply button.
4. That's it. Now you'll be able to see drive letters in Windows Explorer.
Simple. Isn't it?
The above mentioned method uses a simple registry trick to show / hide drive letters. You can play with the Registry to do some advanced things like showing drive letters before drive name.Registry Tricks for Advanced Users
1. Type regedit in RUN or Startmenu searchbox and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
2. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer3. In right-side pane, look for a DWORD ShowDriveLettersFirst. If you don't see it, create a new DWORD ShowDriveLettersFirst
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