Unable to rename Disk Label of an External HDD

[t4akawolf]

Okay, I have a 150GB FAT32 External Hard Disk. It shows up as 'Local Disk (J' in My Computer. I right-clicked it, and renamed it to 'T4 (J' but it still shows up as 'Local Disk (J'! I tried various names but still it shows up as 'Local Disk (J' in My Computer.

So I went to 'Disk Management' to try and change the label from there and, what do you know, Disk Partition (J shows 'T4 (J' !!!

So, what I want to know is, why isn't the label showing up properly in My Computer when it is correct in 'Disk Management'??

Hoping for a quick reply,
T4

 

[Bill2]

See this tut. Option 1 would be most relevant I think.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/66118-drive-rename.html

 

[Orbital Shark]

You may want to try it using the following process...

1, Open Computer, right-click the drive & select Properties



2, Type what you wish to call it in the box, click OK and accept any UAC prompts





It could be that the standard rename might not be getting full administrative rights

 

[t4akawolf]

You may want to try it using the following process...

1, Open Computer, right-click the drive & select Properties

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2, Type what you wish to call it in the box, click OK and accept any UAC prompts

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It could be that the standard rename might not be getting full administrative rights

Didn't work

 

[t4akawolf]

Hey, it turns out that this could be an 'autorun.inf' error. I think that the 'autorun.inf' of my HDD has a parameter like 'label=Local Disk' or something similar.

But now, the problem is that I can't access 'autorun.inf' at all. No rename, no delete, no edit. I tried changing it's attributes from an elevated command prompt but still no luck. No matter what I try, in the end I get an 'Access is Denied' error.

Soooooo......any ideas?

 

[Orbital Shark]

You could try

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/682-command-prompt-startup.html

and see if it'll allow you to delete the file from there

 

[t4akawolf]

You could try

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/682-command-prompt-startup.html

and see if it'll allow you to delete the file from there

It still says 'Access Denied'

 

[t4akawolf]

AARGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just formatted my extHDD (to remove the autorun.inf file) but the damn thing still refuses to let its label be changed!! What is happening here?!?!?!?

 

[mjf]

Have you checked any ownership issues. A tutorial on taking ownership -
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html

Also you can't have a partition >32G for Fat32. Your HDD is 150GB !
Convert a hard disk or partition to FAT32 format

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Perhaps since you have formatted the HDD and that didn't work, you should try a wipe, clean all to secure erase the entire HDD, have a look at step #7 in this tutorial at the link below.


Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command

 

[t4akawolf]

I have FINALLY solved it!!! Well technically, it just happened. I didn't do anything other than restart the system.

But restarting the system worked!! So the generic 'Switch it off and then turn it back on' solution actually worked!

...Also you can't have a partition >32G for Fat32. Your HDD is 150GB !
Convert a hard disk or partition to FAT32 format

It does not have any partitions in it, jsyk.

On another note, why does the drive show it has 'NTFS File Format' now? And what's using 94MB on it?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Have you seen my post #10 in this thread?

 

[t4akawolf]

Have you seen my post #10 in this thread?

Ok that explains the used space, but what about the file system showing 'NTFS'?

 

[mjf]

...Also you can't have a partition >32G for Fat32. Your HDD is 150GB !
Convert a hard disk or partition to FAT32 format

It does not have any partitions in it, jsyk.

On another note, why does the drive show it has 'NTFS File Format' now? And what's using 94MB on it?

Don't know what jsyk means?

If it doesn't have a partition (or volume) it doesn't have a file system and the disk is generally useless. It does have ONE NTFS partition already. Also file systems take some space.

Again, if you want FAT32 then you need to make partitions with a maximum size of 32GB.

 

[t4akawolf]

Don't know what jsyk means?

If it doesn't have a partition (or volume) it doesn't have a file system and the disk is generally useless. It does have ONE NTFS partition already. Also file systems take some space.

Again, if you want FAT32 then you need to make partitions with a maximum size of 32GB.

JSYK - Just So You Know

Thanks, that cleared it up.

 

[mjf]

I should clarify that the FAT 32 partition size limit of 32GB is imposed by windows. You can actually use third party formatting to format a larger partition which apparently will still be recognised by windows. I believe the 4 GB file size limit is an actual constraint of FAT 32.

 

[crashnbuen]

I have a similar Hard Disk (Seagate 1TB USB3) issue where the Volume name (Local Disk) stays same on Win 8.1

Based on this - http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware-devices/263229-cant-change-volume-label-usb-stick-2.html
And
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/66118-drive-rename.html
I think it is Autorun.inf causing it because when I tried to open it even as an Admin I couldnt.

I might have to try and Force Ownership as pointed here.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/1911-take-ownership-shortcut.html

 

[jumanji]

Try WinRAR to delete the autorun.inf file.

Navigate to your drive in WinRAR, select the autorun.inf file and hit on the delete icon on top.



If it fails you can create a Live Linux pendrive, boot from it, mount your drive and delete it.

Creating a Lucid Puppy pendrive with Rufus: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...ly-unrecognisable-hard-drive.html#post2936753

Some malware/virus can create an autorun.inf file. It will be prudent to run MalwareBytes antimalware https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ and check your system.

 

[crashnbuen]

Try WinRAR to delete the autorun.inf file.

Navigate to your drive in WinRAR, select the autorun.inf file and hit on the delete icon on top.

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If it fails you can create a Live Linux pendrive, boot from it, mount your drive and delete it.

Creating a Lucid Puppy pendrive with Rufus: http://www.sevenforums.com/hardware...ly-unrecognisable-hard-drive.html#post2936753

Some malware/virus can create an autorun.inf file. It will be prudent to run MalwareBytes antimalware https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ and check your system.

I will try out some of these methods and get back to you.

 

[Beowulf1]

Warning: Do not do this to your internal HDD

You can use Autorun.inf
Open Notepad and write:-
[AutoRun]
Label=yourdesiredname
and save it as Autorun.inf in your HDD root.
Or
You can extract the attachment and paste the .inf file in your root of the external hdd