Tool to change the label of a NTFS disk/partition

lothario · 01-08-2006, 01:59 PM

I have a PC with a NTFS partition.
This disk contains just the data. No OS.

What tool can I use to change the label of
a NTFS disk/partition?

I am able to mount this partition and read the data.
But I don't know how to re-name the label.

Lenard · 01-08-2006, 05:02 PM

You need to do this in Windows.

You can try this with parted, but no guarantees implied.

Predatorian · 03-28-2009, 09:29 AM

if you want to change the labels on your NTFS disks or what not, make sure you have ntfsprogs installed. then issue:

sudo ntfslabel -f /dev/<drive> <newlabel>

example:

sudo ntfslabel -f /dev/sdc1 external_information

that worked for me and i just found that. try that.