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Don't know how the emitcoms got on my message. I just wanted to show the drive letter followed by a colon

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: Yes — the volume label can be changed in Windows XP without touching the drive letter. Renaming the label only changes the text that appears before the letter (Explorer will still show something like "Local Disk (F:)"), so shortcuts and programs that target F: will keep working.

A reliable procedure:

  • In My Computer, right‑click the F: icon and choose Rename, or open Properties on the drive and edit the label on the General tab.
  • If Explorer refuses to change the label (write‑protected media, a RAW filesystem, or permission issues), the LABEL command is an alternate option; see the Microsoft documentation for details: LABEL command (Windows).

Troubleshooting and cautions:

  • The label is stored in the filesystem; drives formatted as read‑only or damaged volumes will not accept a new label until write access is restored or the filesystem is repaired.
  • Windows does not require unique labels, so giving multiple drives the same label (for example, "Local Disk") is permitted but can be confusing when browsing several drives.
  • Filesystem limits differ (NTFS allows longer labels than FAT/FAT32); if a chosen name is rejected, try a shorter name or check the filesystem type.

’s remark about stray parentheses/smilies in the thread looks like message formatting rather than anything to do with renaming the drive.

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I have an external drive partitioned as Backup (F:), Local Disk (I:) and Local Disk (J:).

Can I change the nane of Drive F: to 'Local Disk' by right cicking on the drive and rename, or selecting ptoperties and typing the new name in there.

I DON'T want to change the drive letter (F:)

Thanks

Joe

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Don't know why the smilies appeared in my query. I just typed the drive letter followed by a colon.

Joe

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take away the (
i think ,
but i don't have a answer to the change name thingie

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