renaming cd drives

gBay · #1 October 20th, 2003, 10:35 AM

hi all, this is probably really easy, but for the life of me i couldnt figure it out. How can I give labels to my cd drives? for example, instead of just having E:, could i have 'cd-rewriter'? i'm asking this because i have a cd-rom and a cd-rewriter, name E: and F: respectively. It would be easier to see what the drives actually are.
cheers
- G
ps
i noticed with the floppy drive that you could just renameit by clicking on the title.

HeartsRetreats · #2 October 20th, 2003, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by gBay

hi all, this is probably really easy, but for the life of me i couldnt figure it out. How can I give labels to my cd drives? for example, instead of just having E:, could i have 'cd-rewriter'? i'm asking this because i have a cd-rom and a cd-rewriter, name E: and F: respectively. It would be easier to see what the drives actually are.
cheers
- G
ps
i noticed with the floppy drive that you could just renameit by clicking on the title.

hi yep u sure can ..open my comp and then right click ur cdrom drive choose properties and u rename there

gBay · #3 October 20th, 2003, 12:20 PM

hi,
thanks for replying. i'm running windows 2000 at work (where i am now), and have just right-clicked on the cd drive, and, behold, there is a rename option. But on my windows 98 at home, there is no rename option. is there another way on win 98?
- G

gBay · #4 October 20th, 2003, 12:23 PM

hang on, if i click on a partitioned drive or floppy drive it gives me the rename option, but not if i right click a cd drive. even if i go into the properties, the label is grayed out. any ideas?
- G

blackkettle · #5 October 20th, 2003, 01:15 PM

:o
Hi gBay and HeartsRetreats, I too want to rename my drives but cannot as gBay said. I cannot even rename my floppy drive. I am running win.98se and would like to know how as well. Oh sorry to barde in!!
Tks blackkettle.

:grit:

**degsy** · #6 October 20th, 2003, 03:05 PM

can't be done with 9x/ME

Baser-X · #7 October 20th, 2003, 03:28 PM

Actually it can be done, but it requires a .vbs script. I can't remember where I found it, but if you search the net a little you should be able to track one down. I'll see if I can locate the site and if I can I will post it. Just be very careful with .vbs files as they can be fatal to your system if it is not what it claims to be.

blackkettle · #8 October 20th, 2003, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Baser-X

Actually it can be done, but it requires a .vbs script. I can't remember where I found it, but if you search the net a little you should be able to track one down. I'll see if I can locate the site and if I can I will post it. Just be very careful with .vbs files as they can be fatal to your system if it is not what it claims to be.

Hi degsy, thanks for the info. I see.

Hi Baser-x thanks, I'll be awaiting your post Tks to all blackkettle.

:-S