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1. • • The easiest way to rename a partition is to install GParted. sudo apt-get install gparted Once you have installed this, just launch the program (you will need to enter your sudo password to use the program), find the drive you want to rename, unmount it, click label followed by renaming your partition.
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   • And there is a more simple solution indeed, but through an unclear road, because of a somewhat crooked naming convention in the Disks utility in Linux distributions. Due to the chosen naming system (“Edit filesystem …”) users may deliberately not look further to rename a drive or partition. But it is actually there. It is really simple.

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   • For Ubuntu 15.10. Search Disks in the Dashboard. Open Disks-> Click on the settings of the required hard drive.-> Edit File Sytem->change the required name. Note: Unmount (by clicking on the stop icon) the drive before you change the Labels. In Ubuntu Ver 20.04.2, there is built-in application called 'Disks'.

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   • Using the Label File System option, we can change the label of the USB drive: As soon as we click the Label File System option, a dialog box pops up and we can set a custom name for the USB drive. 3. Using System Settings Using the System Settings, we can perform various disk operations, including renaming a USB drive.

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   • 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. 3) Click on Disks to start the application.

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   • most of linux formatted HD are with ext3, ext4 . thus, check the lable first sudo e2label and rename sudo e2label . Note: 16 characters maximum. for more, you should take a look at here. Show Applications -> Disks -> select disk to change name -> setting icon -> edit filesystem -> change -> done

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   • 1. Overview Renaming a USB drive label can help us correctly identify and access the drive among other storage devices present in a system. Therefore, setting a meaningful name for the USB drive can reduce the probability of accidentally accessing the wrong drive.

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   Sep 20, 2019 · The solution. 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.

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   Aug 26, 2014 · 1. You can change the label of the partition. This is the name usually given to new drives appearing in /media. For this you need to edit the partition table, I would suggest you install gparted with the package manager and us that.

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   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?

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   Feb 13, 2012 · First, obtain the location of your USB drive: sudo fdisk -l. Assuming that your device location is /dev/sdb1/: You can safely check the current label without any side effects by issuing the following command: sudo file /dev/sdb1 -s. Most USB sticks are formatted using FAT16/FAT32.

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   Apr 14, 2017 · my hard drive is located in /media/ronin_cunningham/408242E58242DED2 and I want to change the name 408242E58242DED2 to StorageDevice. How would I do this from the terminal? Thanks.

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   Nov 1, 2011 · Use the Disk Utility Provided by ubuntu. For Ubuntu 15.10. Search Disks in the Dashboard. Open Disks-> Click on the settings of the required hard drive.-> Edit File Sytem->change the required name. Note: Unmount(by clicking on the stop icon) the drive before you change the Labels.

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