Label a floppy disk

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This question is so basic I am embarrassed to ask, but here goes. I have (2)
desktop HP PCs and Compaq Laptop. All are running Windows XP Home. The
laptop has SP2 on it, the other (2) SP1. When I fromat a floppy and label it
(for example: PC Files), the format works as it's supposed to, but there is
no title (label) for the floppy when I re-insert it. Shouldn't the title
(label) show when it is put back in the floppy or for that matter when it's
done formatting. Thanks, Dave
 
In My Computer/Explorer/whatever, the floppy drive is always referred to as
"3½ Floppy". To see the label of any floppy in the drive you need to
right-click on the drive and select Properties. The label will appear under
the General tab.

This is unlike CDs/DVDs where the disc label replaces the name of the drive
it's been inserted into.

Sorry dre1x :-(
 
Thank you, now I feel like real idiot...lol....

Dangonblane said:
In My Computer/Explorer/whatever, the floppy drive is always referred to as
"3½ Floppy". To see the label of any floppy in the drive you need to
right-click on the drive and select Properties. The label will appear under
the General tab.

This is unlike CDs/DVDs where the disc label replaces the name of the drive
it's been inserted into.

Sorry dre1x :-(
Click to expand...
 
Alternately, you can label a floppy in the windows command prompt.
Type CD\ to put you in the root directory, type A: to change to the A:
drive, type LABEL and hit enter,
You can use up to 11 characters.
 
No the label won't show up in the My Computer window as it would for a Hard
Drive or CD . It will though if you look at the properties for the disc. It
will also be displayed when you open the format option or if you go to a
command box, switch to the A drive and type VOL

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


| This question is so basic I am embarrassed to ask, but here goes. I have
(2)
| desktop HP PCs and Compaq Laptop. All are running Windows XP Home. The
| laptop has SP2 on it, the other (2) SP1. When I fromat a floppy and label
it
| (for example: PC Files), the format works as it's supposed to, but there
is
| no title (label) for the floppy when I re-insert it. Shouldn't the title
| (label) show when it is put back in the floppy or for that matter when
it's
| done formatting. Thanks, Dave
 
You should change to the drive first then make sure you are in the proper
folder before doing the label. You have the process backward.

The sequence should be::

A: then Enter - Changes the default drive to the A drive (the floppy)

CD\ then Enter - Changes the default folder to the Root folder(directory)
With the label command this is not a necessary step.

Label LABELNAME - where LABELNAME is the name assigned to the label up to
11 characters long then Enter.

You could also type LABEL A:LABELNAME then Enter to label the disk. ---
This tells the computer to give the disk in the A drive the name labelname

This can either be done from the Start/Run dialog box or you can type cmd
for the command window and do it there.
 
When you go to Windows command prompt, you are still in Windows, Example:
C:\Windows\xxxxxxx
By typing CD\ the system puts you in the Root directory.
Example: C:\
Now you can change to A: drive by typing A: and Enter.
Then move to any directory or check on any file.
 
But it changes you to the root directory of the System Drive (C D E F G or
whatever Windows is installed on not the A drive.) You don't need to go to
the root of the system drive to log onto the A drive in a command window
(Start, Run, CMD & Enter. Each drive in "DOS" (yes there is no DOS in XP
but the directory structure is still based on the DOS priciple) has it's own
default directory. Except for the System drive the default directory on a
disk is usually the root directory but it can be changed by the CD command
issued when the drive is the default "DOS" drive (the drive showing on the
command prompt.) Simply changing to the root directory of the current drive
will only change that drive's default directory not the default directory on
a different drive.

And as I explained in my message the default directory is unimportant when
labeling the drive (either a floppy or hard disk.) From either the Start,
Run prompt or a command window, simply typing LABEL then a space and the
drive letter followed immediately by a colon and then the label you wish to
apply will label that drive.
 
Don't feel that way. Yours was a very good question, and I am certain a very
large number of people did not know the answer.
 
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