diskmanagementwindows-server-2012-r2
In Windows Server 2012 R2 I am unable to find the option to reassign the drive letter for a CD/DVD drive where the disks are normally managed. So I can reassign for hard drives, but not for optical drives? What gives?
Since compmgmt.msc runs the Server Manager, I am wondering which method I am supposed to use.
So how can I reassign the drive letter for optical drives without going through hoops on Windows Server 2012 R2?
If you select the logical disk under Systems And Devices and click on More Information, you should see which physical drives make up the logical disk and the windows partition info (see under Disk Name and Disk Partition Information).
I think that should tell you everything you need to know.
3. In Disk Manager, I right-click my USB hard drive and pick Online.
Are you doing this on the host? If so, you're doing it wrong. It needs to remain offline on the host. Setting it Online would be done from the guest, if the guest were a Windows VM. For Linux/Unix you probably need to do some kind of mount from within the guest.
Best Answer
Run
diskmgmt.mscjust like previous versions of Windows.