Fix Partition Names

August 1st, 2016

Something changed all my partitions names to local disk.All the drive letters are ok and in disk management all the right names are there.If I try to rename a partition it does not change and stays local disk.What would cause the partition names to change when I open computer,but disk management all the names are there.How can I make them go back to the names I chose instead of local disk.Anyone have any ideas.I also checked in safe mode and after opening the computer icon all the disk names are there like they should be,just in windows it showes local disk.Update..I installed a new windows 7 this morn and even on a fresh install all my named partitions showes as Local Disk but in disk management all the names are correct the way I had them.
Answer #1
Update.This worked to put the partition names back like how I had them..a. Open the Start Menu. b. In the white line (Start Search) area, type regedit and press Enter. c. Click on Continue button in the UAC prompt. d. In regedit, go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer e. In the left pane, right click on explorer.exe and click on New and Key. f. Type DriveIcons and press Enter. g. In the left pane, right click on DriveIcons and click on New and Key. h. Type the drive letter (EX: E) you want to change the drive name for and press Enter. i. In the left pane, right click on the drive letter (EX: E) and click on New and Key. j. Type DefaultLabel and press Enter. k. In the right pane, right click on (Default) and click on Modify. l. To Change the Drive Name – i. Type in a name (Ex: My DVD) and click OK. ii. Go to step n. m. To Restore the Default Drive Name – i. Leave this empty and click OK. ii. Go to step n. n. Repeat steps i to m if you want to add another drive letter icon to change. o. Close regedit.

 

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