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win partition is called "untitled"
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rlinhares
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Mar 14, 2007, 11:37 PM
 
Hi, I installed win XP with the help of bootcamp but my win XP disk is called "untitled". Do you know how I can change that name? Get info didn't work, neither disk utility.
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ooninay
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Mar 15, 2007, 12:12 AM
 
It sounds like the partition has been formatted in NTFS, which means it's read-only in OS X, but you can change the name of the partition within Windows.
     
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Mar 15, 2007, 08:34 AM
 
Log into windows, right click on My Computer and select Manage. Go down to the Logical Disk Manager. Select the windows volume (usually just C: ) and right click on it and select properties. Put a name in the empty box.

There is also a thread somewhere in here that explains how to change the icon for it by putting a couple files at the root of the windows partition. You have to do it from within Windows, OSX won't let you change it since its NTFS.
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