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- Its nice and easy in Disks app. Just plug in your drive, select it, press the cog. Edit Mount Options Change the label and/or display name.
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Apr 17, 2019 · '...How to rename an internal drive?...' Strictly, you can't, because a drive is hardware with wires. You can always name an EXT file-system. With GPT you can name a partition too. I would boot a Live Session Mint and use the Accessory gparted to do that.
- How do I change the name of a hard drive? - Linux Mint Forums
What they do is change the label of the partitions. If...
- How do I change the name of a hard drive? - Linux Mint Forums
Feb 22, 2018 · What they do is change the label of the partitions. If there's no label, then Windows displays the volume name, like C:, and Linux displays the device name. There are a number of ways to change the labels, depending on where you want to use a GUI or CLI.
May 11, 2023 · You are speaking of a filesystem label (which is to say that it changes when you reformat the device). In Mint, using "Disks" and right-clicking the partition/filesystem (somewhere -- don't have "Disks" front of me) should be the easiest way to rename the filesystem.
Sep 20, 2019 · It is really simple. In your Linux distribution (in my case at the moment of writing Zorin OS 15, but it works for every distribution as long as you have the Disks application) follow the next simple steps to rename a partition without the hassle of reformatting: 1) Go to your applications. 2) Search for Disks.
Jan 7, 2016 · 1 Answer. Sorted by: 9. The command "mlabel" shall help: Linux: First, obtain the location of your USB drive: sudo fdisk -l. Assuming that your device location is /dev/sdb1/: sudo mlabel -i /dev/sdb1 -s ::"LABEL HERE " Windows:
Oct 12, 2013 · I have a secondary internal HDD to store auxiliary data. I want to give it a better name. How do I do it?
Jul 21, 2022 · #1. A few years ago I discovered how to do this in Linux Mint...which comes in very handy especially if you have two Flash Drives plugged in at once or if you have Booted to your Mint ISO...mounted the main Drive and want to transfer files to another Flash Drive. Plug in Flash Drive or External HDD...then type...Disks in Search Box and hit Enter.