How do I tell which of my many offline drives does a file belong to?

[rayfmac]

I have a number of USB drives and would like to index them all and keep them indexed even if disconnected. When I search and find a file I can see it is for example from drive F: but I have no way of knowing which of my several drives was drive F: Any way to have the drive volume name or some other unique identifier show up in index searches?

[raccoon]

The easiest way is to assign a different drive letter to each of your disks. Otherwise, create a unique parent folder on each of your drives and move all of the files on the drives into those folders. eg: F:\ELEPHANT\... and F:\PEANUT\... That way you can easily identify and sort them by path.

To change the drive letters in Windows,

• Insert your USB disk(s)
• Run diskmgmt.msc from WinKey+R
• Right-click on the volume you wish to change,
• Select 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'.