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Trying to rename my partitions

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If it's the drive letters (i.e., change "D:" to "U":, for example), then you need to use Disk Manager:

- Start -> right-click "My Computer" and select "Manage"
- click on "Disk Management" in the right pane.
- find the partition in the lower-right portion of the right pane, right-click on it, and select "Change Drive Letter and Paths..."

thanx 4 the reply, but, what u mention, is the 1st thing i tried. what is strange, is that, in the disk manager the names are correct, but in "my computer it just says "local disk". :(  go figure. this is something i've never come across before, so it can't be that simple. thanx again.
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@aegain

#1: Never ever mess up with the Disk slice (partition) labels while working within the Windows. Trust me one day it could land you in a soup!
#2 For such tasks, always use very handy FREE 3rd party tools.

akula2 said:
@aegain

#1: Never ever mess up with the Disk slice (partition) labels while working within the Windows. Trust me one day it could land you in a soup!
#2 For such tasks, always use very handy FREE 3rd party tools.

which tools do u mean, exactly?

i think i've given the impression of being a complete noob, but i've done stuff with a pc that amazed my i.t. mates. but u come across something like this and u're like, huh? WTF?!!
anyway, cheers to all 4 the effort.

akula2 said:
@aegain

#1: Never ever mess up with the Disk slice (partition) labels while working within the Windows. Trust me one day it could land you in a soup!
#2 For such tasks, always use very handy FREE 3rd party tools.

ok, this seems like an interesting tool, but what does it have to do with my problem?

aegian said:
hi there. i've run in to a problem when trying to rename my partitions in win7, running on my HP laptop. it is a fresh install from a previous win7 installation, which had the same exact problem. i've everything that i could imagine might work but to no avail. please help.

I have the same problem, I use yamicsoft win7 manager, this software has the option to fix the curent issue, work for me :) 
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