cant change drive tags

  • Thread starter Thread starter promicro
  • Start date Start date
P

promicro

Hi to all,

for some reason my Compact Drive labels changed to xm/sd and I can't
change them back. the other drives in my folders give me the option to
rename, and the general tab in the properties box of the other drives
allow a label change but not the CD labels. I have tried this in both
the folders list and the 'my computer' box.

I also tried to change it in the registry with the same results.
(I restored the registry)

thanks to all for your suggestions,

bob
 
promicro said:
Hi to all,

for some reason my Compact Drive labels changed to xm/sd and I can't
change them back. the other drives in my folders give me the option to
rename, and the general tab in the properties box of the other drives
allow a label change but not the CD labels. I have tried this in both the
folders list and the 'my computer' box.

I also tried to change it in the registry with the same results.
(I restored the registry)

thanks to all for your suggestions,

bob
Click to expand...

Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc, then make the change there.
 
Pegasus said:
Click Start / Run / diskmgmt.msc, then make the change there.
Click to expand...
thanks for your reply...

I did this and get the same situation: diskmgmt only has a change drive
letter and path - no spot or mention of the labels...

bob
 
promicro said:
thanks for your reply...

I did this and get the same situation: diskmgmt only has a change drive
letter and path - no spot or mention of the labels...

bob
Click to expand...

Re-installing the CD driver via the Control Panel / System / Hardware
Manager might help. You could also try an updated driver from Compaq
(if it is a Compaq machine - you wrote "Compact").
 
Robbie said:
Compact-Disk drives DON'T HAVE labels. Only the volumes (CDs)
you insert INTO the drive have labels.
Click to expand...

I don't know whether this is what the OP means by "labels" but on this
machine I'm using for example, my CD/DVD drives are (correctly) listed
in My Computer as Compact Disc (X:) and Compact Disc (Y:).

On one of my other machines however, one of the CD/DVD drives always
lists as Zip Drive (X:) even though it is actually a DVD-Rom drive (and
should therefore be listed as Compact Disc (X:). I've no idea why it
happens and, frankly, it's never really bothered me but it sounds like
the same problem the OP has.

I don't know whether this nomenclature is strictly called "labels" or
not but I suspect that is what the OP is talking about. (Perhaps "drive
labels" as opposed to "disc-labels"?).
 
Sid said:
I don't know whether this is what the OP means by "labels" but on this
machine I'm using for example, my CD/DVD drives are (correctly) listed
in My Computer as Compact Disc (X:) and Compact Disc (Y:).

On one of my other machines however, one of the CD/DVD drives always
lists as Zip Drive (X:) even though it is actually a DVD-Rom drive (and
should therefore be listed as Compact Disc (X:). I've no idea why it
happens and, frankly, it's never really bothered me but it sounds like
the same problem the OP has.

I don't know whether this nomenclature is strictly called "labels" or
not but I suspect that is what the OP is talking about. (Perhaps "drive
labels" as opposed to "disc-labels"?).
Click to expand...

hi Sid, you are correct - if you open the 'my computer' box (and the
folder tree of the Windows Explorer) the icons have a name/type label
underneath. the icons depict the type of drive and are not changeable by
the user but the labels are if the drive is fixed. 2 weeks ago my 2 dvd
drives showed a cd disk icon each with the label of 'Compact Disk(d:)'.a
few days later the 1st dvd drive had the label 'sm/xd/SM Drive(d:)' and
i can't find out why or how to change it. (it may have occurred when i
re-activated my card reader, but i've tried de-activating and
re-activating it with no success)

it is a small matter and i am not Adrian Monk, but when you like labels
to be accurate it is annoying.

thanks, bob
 
promicro said:
hi Sid, you are correct - if you open the 'my computer' box (and the
folder tree of the Windows Explorer) the icons have a name/type label
underneath. the icons depict the type of drive and are not changeable by
the user but the labels are if the drive is fixed. 2 weeks ago my 2 dvd
drives showed a cd disk icon each with the label of 'Compact Disk(d:)'.a
few days later the 1st dvd drive had the label 'sm/xd/SM Drive(d:)' and
i can't find out why or how to change it. (it may have occurred when i
re-activated my card reader, but i've tried de-activating and
re-activating it with no success)

it is a small matter and i am not Adrian Monk, but when you like labels
to be accurate it is annoying.
Click to expand...

If you want something to "twiddle with" try opening up <Computer
Management> then open <Physical Location> in the <Storage> part of the tree.

Locate the drive, right click and select <Properties>. One of the tabs
is "MEDIA" and it purports to let you change the media type that's
displayed for that drive. If nothing else, you may be able to change it
to something else and then back again to see if it will reset itself.

Note: I've never fiddled with this myself so it's at your own risk. You
might want to do a backup first.
 
Robbie said:
:

I'd guess there's probably a setting in the registry for these
"label placeholders". I'd guess Windows looked at the drive the
first time it was noticed after installation, deduced the type
(wrongly), and wrote "Zip Drive".
Click to expand...

There was actually an IDE Zip-Drive installed on this machine in the
long distant past and it probably dates from that. I don't have
immediate access to that machine, but on the machine I'm currently
using, if I go to the location in <Computer Management> that I mentioned
to promicro, it appears to list every drive that I've ever had installed
on this machine including those that are long gone. It would appear that
simply removing the hardware (while that may disappear them from Device
Manager) doesn't remove them from this list....Windows has a long memory.

It does appear that that you can delete/reassign the listings at this
point in <Computer Management>. I haven't tried it yet but I will when I
get access to that machine.


The "drive label" is always a single capital letter. Perhaps
call what we're talking about "volume label placeholders".
I dunno if MS has an official name for it.
Click to expand...

Possibly. In any event, I did understand what the OP meant and I would
guess that, from his/her point of view, getting help for the problem is
more important than the semantics.
 
Back
Top