How do you change the name of an Optical Drive in WinXP?

[Hobbes28]

When I open Windows Explorer to view drives, folders, etc. it shows my DVD+-RW as a DVD-R drive. I know it's no big deal but I have two other computers with DVD burners installed and they come up DVD-RW by default. Can I manually change it? I went into properties but there is no option to rename for optical drives like there is for hard drives and USB devices.

Thanks in advance...

 

[zodder]

Is there a driver out there that gives you the option of installing it with different names? That's all I can think of ATM.

 

[corkyg]

Try My Computer, right click on the external drive and then select RENAME.

No - for some reason that option does not appear in the optical drive menu. My system just calls it a CD Burner or DVD Burner w/o further specification.

I think the system reads it right from the drives embedded ID. Interesting!

OK - I just found out how to change it. It is in the Registry under Explorer, then drive letter, then Default Label. I found it using RegEdit and FIND "the current drive label." I then selected that label and modified it manually and now Explorer (and My Computer) shows the drive as "CD Burner QMS." I added the brand name.

 

[Hobbes28]

Thanks corky-g and zodder but the drive is an internal drive set as master on the second ide port and there is no driver that I know of. I think I may have to do a registry hack, I'm just not sure where or how.

Thanks again...

 

[corkyg]

See above -I edited after doing it. Yes, it is a Registry Mod. Find your Drive Letter as follows:

HKEY_LOCALMACHINE
Software
Microsoft
Windows
Current Version
Explorer
DriveIcons
Then look for the drive letter of your DVD burner, check the DEFAULT LABEL - then Mod it.

 

[Hobbes28]

Thanks corky-g, I'll give it a try when I get home.

 

[corkyg]

Sorry - that seems to only work for external drives. Can't find any labels for internals. But - they gotta be there somewhere.