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Jun 26, 2002, 06:06 PM
 
This is probably extremely stupid, but I need the answer and cannot find it. I partitioned my hard drive (WD 30G) awhile back and without thinking I named three of the four drives X, Y, and Z. Now since they are only one letter I cannot click on it to change the name. How do I rename these drives now that they are only one letter?

Thanks for the help.
     
Aussie John
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Jun 26, 2002, 08:19 PM
 
if you have sharing turned on you can change drive names
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Jun 26, 2002, 11:13 PM
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Aussie John:
<strong>if you have sharing turned on you can change drive names</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">I think you meant to say that if you have file sharing turned on, you can NOT change the drive names.
     
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Jul 1, 2002, 06:34 PM
 
Thanks for the help. Took me awhile to figure out that turning file sharing off actually means turn file sharing off and NOT Dave sharing or sharing in get info. Got it finally,Thanks again.
     
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Jul 1, 2002, 09:27 PM
 
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bwa:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by Aussie John:
<strong>if you have sharing turned on you can change drive names</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">I think you meant to say that if you have file sharing turned on, you can NOT change the drive names. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">oooops amzing what a single letter can do
John
     
   
 
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