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How to Rename a USB Key or an External Hard Drive
1. Introduction
2. Steps to follow
3. Read also
Introduction
On Windows, each drive and storage device uses a friendly name that helps you to identify it. For example, the drive that contains your Windows operating system is called Local Disk. A USB drive do not have this option which is to use the default name of Removable Disk.
Although Windows sets default names for each drive, you can customize drives from your computer to recognize them more easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to rename any drive under Windows.
NOTE: The following method renames hard disks, removable hard disks, USB keys, and USB flash drives however it does not work for optical drives such as Blu-ray players or CD / DVD players. All the steps in this guide apply to Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7.
Steps to follow
1. Open my computer (named This PC on Windows 8 and 10).
2. Next, right-click the drive you want to rename then select Properties. For example, if you would like to rename the "Local Disk (C :)" displayed in the image below, right-click on the C: drive icon.
3. In the Properties window, on the General tab, type the new name in the Label box, and then click OK. (The Label field is the text field at the top of the General tab.)
4. Then click on “Apply”
