Cannot change drive names

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Terry Pinnell

I cannot change the name of either of my CD drives in My Computer. All
other hard drives and removable drives (CF card reader, SD card
reader) *can* have their names changed, so why not these please?

One is my DVD RW, currently called 'CF Card (H:)', which I need to
change not only to get the name right but to correct the letter, which
should be V:
 
Terry Pinnell said:
I cannot change the name of either of my CD drives in My Computer. All
other hard drives and removable drives (CF card reader, SD card
reader) *can* have their names changed, so why not these please?
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Removable Drives, cameras, flash disks, etc. are not permanently
"installed", therefore the drive name is dynamic: whenever you put it in,
Windows automatically assigns the first free drive letter.
 
Ricardo said:
Removable Drives, cameras, flash disks, etc. are not permanently
"installed", therefore the drive name is dynamic: whenever you put it in,
Windows automatically assigns the first free drive letter.
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Thanks. That does seem to partially explain it. But both my CF and SD
Card Readers show these in My Computer, even when empty:
Removable Disk (K:)
Removable Disk (L:)

and both *can* be renamed. Just as my HDs can. My Sony digicam however
doesn't appear in My Computer until I connect it. And with no disc in
the DVDRW drive H:, My Computer shows 'CF Card (H:)'. That's why I'd
like to be able to change it to 'DVDRW (H:)', because, as mentioned
above, my CF Card is L: !
 
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:28:26 -0800 from Ricardo
Removable Drives, cameras, flash disks, etc. are not permanently
"installed", therefore the drive name is dynamic: whenever you put it in,
Windows automatically assigns the first free drive letter.
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That's true as far as it goes, but you _can_ assign a letter to a
removable drive and Windows _does_ remember it, even after a reboot.
 
To change the drive letter:

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Mgmt

Under 'Storage' -> 'Disk Mgmt' -> right-click cd drive & use 'Change drive letters & paths'

To change the label:

Start -> Run -> regedit

Navigate to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\<drive letter>\DefaultLabel

edit the (default) entry to whatever you like or delete for windows defaults.
 
Keith Miller MVP said:
To change the drive letter:

Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Computer Mgmt

Under 'Storage' -> 'Disk Mgmt' -> right-click cd drive & use 'Change drive letters & paths'

To change the label:

Start -> Run -> regedit

Navigate to:

"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\DriveIcons\<drive letter>\DefaultLabel

edit the (default) entry to whatever you like or delete for windows defaults.
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Thanks Keith, that did the trick.
 
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